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Voluntary aided school · Wigan

St John Fisher Catholic High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 998Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 106535URN

Baytree Road, Springfield, Wigan, WN6 7RN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to Wigan median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Wigan

408 applications for 194 places · 10th of 19 in Wigan
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.5of 90
10th of 19 in Wigan
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 March 2026Published 1 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
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 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. 10 March 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 11 November 2021
    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
2.1applications per place, Year 7
close to Wigan median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

408 applications · 194 places offered · 201 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Wigan median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.2; Wigan median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.1; Wigan median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.9; Wigan median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.0; Wigan median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.8; Wigan median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.9; Wigan median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.0; Wigan median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.0; Wigan median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.0; Wigan median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.1; Wigan median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.9; Wigan median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.0; Wigan median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Wigan median in 1 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 20261944082.12011.04
Sep 20251934332.22211.15
Sep 20241984122.12161.09
Sep 20232013761.91920.96
Sep 20222003932.01991.00
Sep 20212073721.81870.90
Sep 20201973731.91840.93
Sep 20191933892.02001.04
Sep 20181953902.01890.97
Sep 20171953862.02001.03
Sep 20161914032.11880.98
Sep 20151913531.91600.84
Sep 20141983972.01950.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

200 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.510th of 19 in Wigan
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%18th of 19 in Wigan
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Wigan median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.58
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20045.534%60%–
2024/2519241.335%55%–
2023/2420242.232%54%−0.58
2022/2319442.136%56%−0.71

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
106535 · 359/4609
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,000 pupils · 998 on roll
Free school meals
33.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Baytree Road, Springfield, Wigan, WN6 7RN
Local authority
Wigan

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