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Voluntary aided school · Wigan

The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,365Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 106534URN

Frog Lane, Wigan, WN1 1HQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.9 above Wigan median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Wigan

745 applications for 245 places · 2nd of 19 in Wigan
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.2of 90
11th of 19 in Wigan
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 14 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected 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 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 19 May 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
3.0applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Wigan median (2.1) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

745 applications · 245 places offered · 275 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.0; Wigan median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.0; Wigan median median 2.2
  3. 2024 3.3; Wigan median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.1; Wigan median median 2.1
  5. 2022 3.5; Wigan median median 2.0
  6. 2021 3.0; Wigan median median 2.0
  7. 2020 3.5; Wigan median median 1.9
  8. 2019 3.0; Wigan median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.8; Wigan median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.8; Wigan median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.8; Wigan median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.6; Wigan median median 2.1
  13. 2014 3.0; 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 20262457453.02751.12
Sep 20252437293.03011.24
Sep 20242448093.33021.24
Sep 20232457633.13011.23
Sep 20222428343.53481.44
Sep 20212477373.02871.16
Sep 20202458563.53141.28
Sep 20192667923.02841.07
Sep 20182446782.82030.83
Sep 20172196172.82100.96
Sep 20162486822.82210.89
Sep 20152406152.61860.78
Sep 20142056153.01660.81

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

239 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.211th of 19 in Wigan
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%10th of 19 in Wigan
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%
  • This school
  • Wigan median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.31
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23945.245%66%–
2024/2524945.740%66%–
2023/2425044.038%60%−0.31
2022/2325141.830%52%−0.44

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
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
106534 · 359/4608
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,389 pupils · 1,365 on roll
Free school meals
32.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Frog Lane, Wigan, WN1 1HQ
Local authority
Wigan

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