Birchwood School
Birchwood School is an independent special school in for boys and girls aged 5 to 19. It has 35 pupils and room for 80.
Ainscough Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7PW01925 202448bwchildservices.comMrs Deb Chappel headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
2 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Warrington council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 35 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 2 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Community High School | Academy | 410 m | 875 | No overall grade 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| Birchwood CofE Primary School | Church of England | 660 m | 157 | Good 2020 | 34 | Compare |
| Locking Stumps Community Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 376 | Good 2022 | 46 | Compare |
| Woolston CofE Aided Primary School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 208 | Good 2023 | 82 | Compare |
| Kassia Academy and Support Services | Academy alternative provision converter | 1.0 miles | 18 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 1.1 miles | 211 | Outstanding 2024 | 95 | Compare |
| King's Leadership Academy Warrington | Free school | 1.1 miles | 804 | Not inspected | 89 | Compare |
| Gorse Covert Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 212 | Good 2023 | 76 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Birchwood School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Birchwood School yet.
How many pupils does Birchwood School have?
35 pupils aged 5 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 80 places, so it is 44% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Ainscough Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7PW
- Telephone
- 01925 202448
- Website
- www.bwchildservices.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deb Chappel
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Ward
- Birchwood
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 22 June 2021 (new provision)
- URN
- 148566 · LAESTAB 8776014
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.