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Academy sponsor led · Wigan

Dean Trust Wigan

  • 11–16Ages
  • 715Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 144519URN

Greenhey, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 0DQ · 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
1.2per place
0.9 below Wigan median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Wigan

166 applications for 140 places · 19th of 19 in Wigan
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.5of 90
19th of 19 in Wigan
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 23 June 2026Published 8 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected 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. 23 June 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 17 October 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
1.2applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Wigan median (2.1) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

166 applications · 140 places offered · 110 named it first

  1. 2026 1.2; Wigan median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.0; Wigan median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.2; Wigan median median 2.2
  4. 2023 0.9; Wigan median median 2.1
  5. 2022 0.9; Wigan median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.4; Wigan median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.1; Wigan median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.3; Wigan median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.4; Wigan median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.6; Wigan median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.7; Wigan median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.1; Wigan median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Wigan median median 2.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Wigan median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Wigan median

Dashed bars: as Abraham Guest Academy (URN 137210), Abraham Guest High School (URN 106526), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261401661.21100.79
Sep 20251341391.0630.47
Sep 20241221501.2820.67
Sep 20231421290.9800.56
Sep 20221641440.9810.49
Sep 20211401981.41220.87
Sep 20201912181.11300.68
Sep 20191812421.31350.75
Sep 20181451961.41380.95
Sep 2017931521.6920.99
Sep 2016 *1081861.71000.93
Sep 2015 *1581781.11220.77
Sep 2014 *1512251.51290.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

139 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.519th of 19 in Wigan
Grade 5 or above in English and maths25%19th of 19 in Wigan
Grade 4 or above in English and maths47%
  • This school
  • Wigan median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.12
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13937.525%47%–
2024/2515933.123%38%–
2023/2415131.419%33%−1.12
2022/2313730.414%29%−1.52

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
144519 · 359/4010
Trust
The Dean Trust
Capacity
1,025 pupils · 715 on roll
Free school meals
58.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2017
Replaced
Abraham Guest Academy (URN 137210); Abraham Guest High School (URN 106526)
Address
Greenhey, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 0DQ
Local authority
Wigan

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