Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Wigan
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry279 applications · 120 places offered · 119 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2025 2.7; Wigan median median 2.2
- 2024 2.3; Wigan median median 2.2
- 2023 1.9; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2022 1.7; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2021 1.4; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2020 1.9; Wigan median median 1.9
- 2019 1.4; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2017 2.4; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2016 2.3; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2015 2.0; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2014 2.1; Wigan median median 2.2
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 120 | 279 | 2.3 | 119 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 108 | 296 | 2.7 | 119 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 115 | 261 | 2.3 | 148 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2023 | 115 | 216 | 1.9 | 111 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 116 | 193 | 1.7 | 96 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 115 | 156 | 1.4 | 71 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 171 | 1.9 | 69 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2019 | 81 | 113 | 1.4 | 52 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2018 | 79 | 158 | 2.0 | 66 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2017 | 89 | 214 | 2.4 | 91 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2016 | 87 | 202 | 2.3 | 80 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 80 | 162 | 2.0 | 44 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2014 | 81 | 170 | 2.1 | 71 | 0.88 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 102 | 46.2 | 38% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 89 | 39.3 | 26% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 82 | 40.7 | 31% | 60% | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 74 | 40.4 | 32% | 57% | −0.18 |
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
- Atherton High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.3applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · WiganRemains Good20222.0applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · WiganGood20221.6applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · WiganGood20232.8applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · BoltonRequires significant improvement 20261.4applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · WiganStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · WiganGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Salford20261.6applications per place
- 5.0 km · Bolton20262.9applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138233 · 359/4005
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 550 pupils · 561 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 3 September 2012
- Address
- Hamilton Street, Atherton, M46 0AY
- Local authority
- Wigan
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources