Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Wigan
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 3 February 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard
- 14 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry485 applications · 240 places offered · 215 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2025 2.2; Wigan median median 2.2
- 2024 2.3; Wigan median median 2.2
- 2023 2.2; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2022 2.3; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2021 2.2; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2020 2.4; Wigan median median 1.9
- 2019 2.3; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2018 2.1; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2017 2.0; Wigan median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Wigan median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Wigan median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Wigan median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Wigan median
Dashed bars: as Standish Community High School (URN 106531), the previous school.
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 | 240 | 485 | 2.0 | 215 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 252 | 545 | 2.2 | 233 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 257 | 589 | 2.3 | 284 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2023 | 255 | 551 | 2.2 | 237 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 259 | 594 | 2.3 | 287 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 253 | 547 | 2.2 | 285 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 | 259 | 627 | 2.4 | 317 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2019 | 257 | 593 | 2.3 | 313 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2018 | 259 | 545 | 2.1 | 315 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2017 * | 240 | 472 | 2.0 | 236 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 230 | 466 | 2.0 | 225 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 247 | 491 | 2.0 | 272 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 248 | 517 | 2.1 | 272 | 1.10 |
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.) | 254 | 51.9 | 55% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 259 | 49.7 | 44% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 257 | 52.4 | 59% | 79% | −0.07 |
| 2022/23 | 249 | 53.5 | 59% | 75% | +0.05 |
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
- Standish Community High SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Wigan20263.5applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Wigan20262.1applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 20263.0applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Wigan20261.2applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · WiganGood20242.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · LancashireRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · LancashireRemains Good20223.2applications per place 55.4Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · WiganGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 38.9Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143812 · 359/4034
- Trust
- Mosaic Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,300 pupils · 1,276 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2017
- Replaced
- Standish Community High School (URN 106531)
- Address
- Kenyon Road, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0NX
- Local authority
- Wigan
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources