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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 24 May 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Up Holland High School, URN 119751
- 10 March 2015Graded inspection: Good · as Up Holland High School, URN 119751
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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 entry476 applications · 192 places offered · 174 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as Up Holland High School (URN 119751), 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 | 192 | 476 | 2.5 | 174 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 176 | 477 | 2.7 | 199 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 447 | 2.5 | 175 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 * | 179 | 441 | 2.5 | 192 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 * | 176 | 365 | 2.1 | 155 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 * | 177 | 429 | 2.4 | 188 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 * | 178 | 423 | 2.4 | 211 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2019 * | 172 | 402 | 2.3 | 138 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2018 * | 179 | 329 | 1.8 | 142 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2017 * | 154 | 304 | 2.0 | 136 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 * | 172 | 336 | 2.0 | 148 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2015 * | 97 | 229 | 2.4 | 92 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 * | 116 | 300 | 2.6 | 150 | 1.29 |
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.) | 158 | 50.0 | 50% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 161 | 48.8 | 50% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 * | 159 | 47.6 | 49% | 69% | −0.22 |
| 2022/23 * | 152 | 45.1 | 41% | 66% | −0.52 |
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
- Up Holland High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20232.5applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · WiganGood20242.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Wigan20261.2applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · St. Helens20262.4applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Wigan20262.1applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · WiganGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 20263.0applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · LancashireGood20222.4applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149983 · 888/4173
- Trust
- Everyone Matters Schools Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 874 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2024
- Replaced
- Up Holland High School (URN 119751)
- Address
- Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 7AL
- Local authority
- Lancashire · West Lancashire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources