Multi-academy trust
The Challenge Academy Trust
14 schools across 3 local authorities in North West, teaching 9,252 pupils.
The trust at a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Primary
- 6
- Secondary
- 7
- Pupils
- 9,252
- Average Attainment 8
- 45.4
- Average KS2 expected standard
- 66%
across its secondaries
across its primaries
Across the 12 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits about level with the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.
Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is -0.06 (interval -0.14 to 0.02). That interval spans zero, so this is not a win: the group is not statistically distinguishable from average. A score such as +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise, not a result. Weighted by 1,198 pupils across 6 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).
Ofsted across the trust
8 of the trust's 14 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 6 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.
Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 8 Good; 6 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.
Schools in The Challenge Academy Trust
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priestley CollegeAcademy 16-19 converter | Warrington | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Appleton Thorn Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Warrington | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Broomfields Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Warrington | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Dallam Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Warrington | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Great Sankey Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Warrington | Report card 2025 | — | — | |
| Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Warrington | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Penketh South Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Warrington | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Beamont Collegiate AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Warrington | Good 2022 | 45.8 | 0.16-0.06 to 0.38 · not a win | |
| Bridgewater High SchoolAcademy converter | Warrington | Good 2022 | 51.8 | 0.200.05 to 0.36 | |
| Padgate AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Warrington | Good 2023 | 39.4 | -0.66-0.92 to -0.40 | |
| Penketh High SchoolAcademy converter | Warrington | No overall grade | 46.5 | -0.22-0.45 to 0.01 · not a win | |
| Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Warrington | Report card 2026 | 46.1 | -0.24-0.48 to 0.00 · not a win | |
| South Wirral High SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| The Sutton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | St Helens | Report card 2026 | 43.1 | -0.06-0.24 to 0.11 · not a win |
Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.