Bedford High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- 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 ranking8th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1569
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 20.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- 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
2024-25C
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
- 732 (47%)
- Girls
- 829 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1569 (99% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Manchester Road
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106538
- UKPRN
- 10006288
- Establishment No.
- 4615
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