Bedford High School
Manchester Road, Leigh, WN7 2LU
Local ranking12th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1210
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 55.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 207
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1101
- Boys
- 533 (48%)
- Girls
- 568 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1210 (91% full)
- SEND
- 18.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.2%
- EAL
- 11.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 15.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,006/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.2% 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: 82.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.6%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Other: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Black Other: 0.9%
- Asian Chinese: 0.8%
82.9%
White British
3.6%
Asian Pakistani
2.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 106523
- UKPRN
- 10018061
- Establishment No.
- 4019