St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C66
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigan, WN4 9PF
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Cansfield High School
Old Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9TP
Local ranking14th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1012
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 12 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 204
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1036
- Boys
- 543 (56%)
- Girls
- 431 (44%)
- Capacity
- 1012 (96% full)
- SEND
- 23.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.1%
- EAL
- 3.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 20.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,932/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.9% nat15.8%
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: 92.6%
- White Other: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Asian Chinese: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
92.6%
White British
2.2%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Old Road
Wigan, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106521
- UKPRN
- 10018121
- Establishment No.
- 4015
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