The Byrchall High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigan, WN4 9PQ
- Distance
- 0.1km away
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Rookery Avenue, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9PF
Local ranking2nd of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
1250
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 29.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 238
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1202
- Boys
- 606 (50%)
- Girls
- 596 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1250 (96% full)
- SEND
- 10.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.7%
- EAL
- 6.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 6.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,886/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.1% 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: 90.6%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- Other: 0.4%
90.6%
White British
4.0%
White Other
1.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Rookery Avenue
Wigan, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106540
- UKPRN
- 10017746
- Establishment No.
- 4805
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