Westhoughton High School
Bolton Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3BZ
Local ranking17th of 22 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.3%
- Entering EBacc
- 6.6%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6
- Cohort Size
- 257
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1338
- Boys
- 694 (52%)
- Girls
- 644 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (99% full)
- SEND
- 11.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.5%
- EAL
- 5.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 9.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,283/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.1%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
- Black African: 1.2%
- Asian Chinese: 1.2%
83.1%
White British
2.6%
White Other
2.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 105252
- UKPRN
- 10007449
- Establishment No.
- 4031