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Shevington High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 878Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 106529URN

Shevington Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8AB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.5per place
1.4 above Wigan median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Wigan

584 applications for 169 places · 1st of 19 in Wigan
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.4of 90
2nd of 19 in Wigan
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 23 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 16 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.5applications per place, Year 7
1.4 above Wigan median (2.1) 1.2 above England median (2.2)

584 applications · 169 places offered · 183 named it first

  1. 2026 3.5; Wigan median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.5; Wigan median median 2.2
  3. 2024 3.2; Wigan median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.4; Wigan median median 2.1
  5. 2022 3.1; Wigan median median 2.0
  6. 2021 3.1; Wigan median median 2.0
  7. 2020 3.4; Wigan median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.7; Wigan median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.9; Wigan median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.7; Wigan median median 2.0
  11. 2016 3.0; Wigan median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.7; Wigan median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.9; Wigan median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Wigan median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Wigan median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261695843.51831.08
Sep 20251715913.51751.02
Sep 20241735523.21520.88
Sep 20231745873.42021.16
Sep 20221765483.11600.91
Sep 20211715233.11500.88
Sep 20201575323.41120.71
Sep 20191724592.71310.76
Sep 20181233562.9930.76
Sep 20171554242.71480.95
Sep 20161344053.01300.97
Sep 20151403762.71140.81
Sep 20141394062.91180.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

170 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.42nd of 19 in Wigan
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%8th of 19 in Wigan
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%
  • This school
  • Wigan median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.18
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17050.446%69%–
2024/2517649.052%71%–
2023/2417546.442%66%−0.18
2022/2313547.947%70%−0.25

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
106529 · 359/4027
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
890 pupils · 878 on roll
Free school meals
25.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Shevington Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8AB
Local authority
Wigan

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources