Bedford High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leigh, WN7 2LU
- Distance
- 1.7km away
St Mary's Catholic High School
Manchester Road, Astley, Manchester, M29 7EE
Local ranking7th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1569
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 9 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 253
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 44.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
89
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 20.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 247
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1561
- Boys
- 736 (48%)
- Girls
- 801 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1569 (98% full)
- SEND
- 12.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.0%
- EAL
- 10.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 9.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,474/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
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.4% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 76.4%
- White Other: 5.8%
- Black African: 5.7%
- Asian Chinese: 2.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
76.4%
White British
5.8%
White Other
5.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Manchester Road
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106538
- UKPRN
- 10006288
- Establishment No.
- 4615
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