The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D54
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigan, WN1 1HQ
- Distance
- 1.5km away
St John Fisher Catholic High School
Baytree Road, Springfield, Wigan, WN6 7RN
Local ranking16th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 March 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 200
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 994
- Boys
- 494 (49%)
- Girls
- 504 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (100% full)
- SEND
- 18.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.9%
- EAL
- 14.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,039/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
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- 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: 79.2%
- White Other: 8.2%
- Black African: 3.8%
- Other: 1.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Black Other: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.6%
79.2%
White British
8.2%
White Other
3.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 106535
- UKPRN
- 10017023
- Establishment No.
- 4609
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