Standish Community High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigan, WN6 0NX
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Shevington High School
Shevington Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8AB
Local ranking5th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
890
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 170
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 878
- Boys
- 446 (51%)
- Girls
- 432 (49%)
- Capacity
- 890 (99% full)
- SEND
- 16.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.7%
- EAL
- 7.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 13.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,374/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
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.4% 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: 88.8%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Chinese: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Black African: 0.6%
88.8%
White British
2.6%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Shevington Lane
Wigan, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106529
- UKPRN
- 10017477
- Establishment No.
- 4027
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