How many primary and secondary schools are in Warrington?

Warrington has 77 primary schools and 14 secondary schools. There are also 11 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Warrington?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Warrington, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Warrington schools are set by Wigan and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Wigan admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Warrington?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Warrington are set by Wigan as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Warrington

Q: What schools serve Warrington?

There are 102 schools in Warrington, Wigan, including Lowton Junior and Infant School, Lowton West Primary School, St Luke's CofE Primary School, Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School, St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Warrington has 102 schools across the borough, with 77 primary and 14 secondary schools administered by Warrington Borough Council. Situated between Manchester and Liverpool, Warrington has grown significantly through planned housing developments in Chapelford, Omega, and South Warrington, increasing demand for local school places. Catchment areas in newer housing zones are carefully monitored and updated annually.

Secondary schools in Warrington include Bridgewater High School, The Grange School, and Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, among others. The borough has a strong Catholic school tradition, with several voluntary-aided primaries and secondaries that admit on faith criteria independently of the council's catchment areas. Families applying for faith school places should contact individual schools directly to understand their supplementary information form requirements.

School demand in Warrington

Across the 90 schools in Warrington with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 93%. 32 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

41 schools in Warrington have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

46 of the schools in Warrington are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Wigan, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

42 of the schools in Warrington have a current Ofsted rating, of which 42 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Warrington: 25 oversubscribed (77)

Lowton Junior and Infant School

Primary · Foundation school

Warrington · WA3 2AW

Ages 4-11 199 pupils Capacity 210

Lowton West Primary School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA3 2ED

Ages 4-11 431 pupils Capacity 420

St Luke's CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA3 2PW

Ages 4-11 211 pupils Capacity 198

Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

WARRINGTON · WA3 1EW

Ages 3-11 244 pupils Capacity 210

St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA3 3TH

Ages 4-11 213 pupils Capacity 210

All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA3 3LU

Ages 3-11 247 pupils Capacity 210

St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA3 2PQ

Ages 4-11 213 pupils Capacity 210

Moore Primary School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA4 6UG

Ages 4-11 212 pupils Capacity 210

Stockton Heath Primary School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA4 6HX

Ages 4-11 404 pupils Capacity 420

Thelwall Community Junior School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA4 2HX

Ages 7-11 164 pupils Capacity 180

The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA4 3DB

Ages 2-7 248 pupils Capacity 360

Cherry Tree School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA13 0NX

Ages 2-11 231 pupils Capacity 210

Newchurch Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA3 4DX

Ages 4-11 201 pupils Capacity 210

Twiss Green Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA3 4DQ

Ages 3-11 209 pupils Capacity 214

Barrow Hall Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA5 3TX

Ages 4-11 630 pupils Capacity 630

St Elphin's (Fairfield) CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA1 2GN

Ages 4-11 324 pupils Capacity 442

Warrington St Ann's CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA2 8AL

Ages 2-11 176 pupils Capacity 210

Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA5 1TG

Ages 2-11 174 pupils Capacity 210

St Andrew's CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA2 9HF

Ages 4-11 201 pupils Capacity 210

Birchwood CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA3 6QG

Ages 4-11 149 pupils Capacity 226

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA5 1NS

Ages 5-11 194 pupils Capacity 209

St Alban's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA5 0JS

Ages 3-11 200 pupils Capacity 240

St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA2 7SB

Ages 3-11 212 pupils Capacity 210

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA4 1PY

Ages 3-11 157 pupils Capacity 200

St Stephen's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA2 9HS

Ages 4-11 204 pupils Capacity 210

Grappenhall St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA4 3EP

Ages 5-11 411 pupils Capacity 420

St Monica's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA4 3AG

Ages 4-11 160 pupils Capacity 209

Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA2 0QJ

Ages 4-11 343 pupils Capacity 315

Winwick CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA2 8LQ

Ages 4-11 172 pupils Capacity 210

Woolston CofE Aided Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA1 4QL

Ages 5-11 214 pupils Capacity 210

St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA5 4PN

Ages 3-11 124 pupils Capacity 210

St Lewis Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA3 7BD

Ages 3-11 103 pupils Capacity 105

St Oswald's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA1 3LB

Ages 3-11 206 pupils Capacity 210

St Peter's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA1 4PQ

Ages 4-11 214 pupils Capacity 210

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA5 2AU

Ages 4-11 231 pupils Capacity 240

St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA5 2PN

Ages 3-11 120 pupils Capacity 210

St Bridget's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

WARRINGTON · WA2 0ER

Ages 3-11 194 pupils Capacity 205

Latchford St James CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA4 1AP

Ages 3-11 192 pupils Capacity 196

Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Warrington · WA4 3EA

Ages 3-11 352 pupils Capacity 300

Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA5 1XE

Ages 2-11 222 pupils

Bruche Academy

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA1 3TT

Ages 2-11 243 pupils Capacity 210

Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 1BD

Ages 2-11 341 pupils Capacity 315

Penketh Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 2QY

Ages 4-11 208 pupils Capacity 210

Daresbury Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 4AJ

Ages 4-11 201 pupils Capacity 210

Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA1 3SZ

Ages 2-11 678 pupils Capacity 656

Great Sankey Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 1SB

Ages 3-11 348 pupils Capacity 315

Park Road Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

WARRINGTON · WA5 3EF

Ages 5-11 209 pupils Capacity 210

Chapelford Village Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 3AL

Ages 4-11 633 pupils Capacity 630

Westbrook Old Hall Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 9QA

Ages 5-11 352 pupils Capacity 420

Burtonwood Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 4AQ

Ages 5-11 208 pupils Capacity 210

Penketh South Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 2PN

Ages 2-11 250 pupils Capacity 210

Beamont Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA2 7RQ

Ages 3-11 377 pupils Capacity 420

Alderman Bolton Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 1PW

Ages 2-11 299 pupils Capacity 334

St Helen's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA3 6JS

Ages 4-11 105 pupils Capacity 140

Glazebury Church of England Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA3 5LZ

Ages 2-11 120 pupils Capacity 139

Golborne Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA3 3NN

Ages 3-11 361 pupils Capacity 345

Croft Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA3 7DG

Ages 2-11 213 pupils Capacity 210

Woolston Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA1 4NW

Ages 4-11 235 pupils Capacity 226

Gorse Covert Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA3 6TS

Ages 4-11 211 pupils Capacity 242

Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA2 9PH

Ages 2-11 265 pupils Capacity 315

Broomfields Junior School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 3AH

Ages 7-11 344 pupils Capacity 390

Thelwall Infant School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 2HF

Ages 3-7 122 pupils Capacity 135

Whitley Village School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 4QH

Ages 4-11 75 pupils Capacity 96

Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 4NT

Ages 4-11 207 pupils Capacity 210

Appleton Thorn Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 4RW

Ages 4-11 202 pupils Capacity 210

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 1JD

Ages 5-11 159 pupils Capacity 188

Bradshaw Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 2QN

Ages 4-11 176 pupils Capacity 210

Dallam Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 0JG

Ages 2-11 274 pupils Capacity 300

Culcheth Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA3 5HH

Ages 4-11 218 pupils Capacity 210

Brook Acre Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA2 0JP

Ages 3-11 222 pupils Capacity 210

Locking Stumps Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA3 7PH

Ages 4-11 400 pupils Capacity 420

Callands Primary Academy

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 9RJ

Ages 4-11 Capacity 420

St Thomas' CofE Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 2AP

Ages 3-11 Capacity 236

Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA2 0SF

Ages 2-11 Capacity 315

Bewsey Lodge Academy

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 0AG

Ages 3-11 Capacity 315

St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA2 9AD

Ages 3-11 Capacity 476

St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Aided Primary School

Primary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 8UE

Ages 4-11 Capacity 630

Secondary Schools in Warrington (14)

Golborne High School

Secondary · Foundation school

Warrington · WA3 3EL

Ages 11-16 1147 pupils Capacity 1075

Culcheth High School

Secondary · Community school

Warrington · WA3 5HH

Ages 11-16 1168 pupils Capacity 1240

St Gregory's Catholic High School

Secondary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA5 1HG

Ages 11-16 1205 pupils Capacity 1200

Cardinal Newman Catholic High School

Secondary · Voluntary aided school

Warrington · WA4 1RX

Ages 11-16 855 pupils Capacity 825

Lowton Church of England High School

Secondary · Foundation school

Warrington · WA3 1DU

Ages 11-16 819 pupils Capacity 850

King's Leadership Academy Warrington

Secondary · Free schools

Warrington · WA1 4PF

Ages 11-18 808 pupils Capacity 840

Great Sankey High School

Secondary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 3AA

Ages 11-18 2087 pupils Capacity 2175

Beamont Collegiate Academy

Secondary · Academy sponsor led

Warrington · WA2 8PX

Ages 11-16 897 pupils Capacity 900

Birchwood Community High School

Secondary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA3 7PT

Ages 11-16 889 pupils Capacity 1050

Bridgewater High School

Secondary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA4 3AE

Ages 11-16 1674 pupils Capacity 1560

UTC Warrington

Secondary · University technical college

Warrington · WA2 7NG

Ages 14-19 296 pupils Capacity 620

Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School

Secondary · Academy sponsor led

Warrington · WA4 1JL

Ages 11-16 861 pupils Capacity 825

Penketh High School

Secondary · Academy converter

Warrington · WA5 2BY

Ages 11-16 1023 pupils Capacity 1200

Padgate Academy

Secondary · Academy sponsor led

Warrington · WA2 0LN

Ages 11-16 642 pupils Capacity 750

Other Schools in Warrington (11)

Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School

Nursery · Local authority nursery school

Warrington · WA2 9HY

Ages 2-4 96 pupils

Green Lane Community Special School

Not applicable · Community special school

Warrington · WA1 4LS

Ages 4-16 235 pupils Capacity 225

Fox Wood Special School

Not applicable · Community special school

Warrington · WA1 4LS

Ages 4-19 138 pupils Capacity 78

Chaigeley School

Not applicable · Non-maintained special school

Warrington · WA4 2TE

Ages 8-16 53 pupils Capacity 75

Woolston Brook School

Not applicable · Community special school

Warrington · WA1 4JL

Ages 7-16 69 pupils Capacity 80

Warrington and Vale Royal College

All through · Further education

Warrington · WA2 8QA

Ages 16-99

Warrington Hospital Unit Co Wards B10-11

Not applicable · Miscellaneous

Warrington · WA5 1QG

Green Meadow Independent Primary School

Not applicable · Other independent school

Warrington · WA3 2RD

Ages 3-14 10 pupils Capacity 198

Kassia Academy and Support Services

Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter

Warrington · WA2 0QQ

Ages 11-16 19 pupils Capacity 60

Priestley College

All through · Academy 16-19 converter

Warrington · WA4 6RD

Ages 16-19 0 Capacity 2250

Willow Green CIO

Not applicable · Special post 16 institution

Warrington · WA4 6DQ

Ages 16-25 Capacity 50

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Warrington are set by Wigan and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.

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