St Gregory's Catholic High School

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Warrington council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 314 families put this school as their first choice, and 240 places were offered. 231 of the families who put it first got a place (74%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 26 November 2019. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Short (ungraded) inspection, 4 July 2024: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Voluntary aided school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1214 (capacity 1200)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Archdiocese of Liverpool

Phone

01925574888

Address

Cromwell Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 1HG

Website

stgregoryshigh.com

Official school record, including Ofsted reports