The Byrchall High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigan, WN4 9PQ
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Hope Academy
Ashton Road, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 0AQ
Local ranking6th of 8 secondary schools in St Helens
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 12 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 12 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 243
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1288
- Boys
- 623 (50%)
- Girls
- 612 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (91% full)
- SEND
- 22.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.8%
- EAL
- 5.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,548/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
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.4%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Other: 1.0%
- White Irish: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
89.4%
White British
3.1%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Ashton Road
Newton-le-Willows, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 136421
- UKPRN
- 10034913
- Establishment No.
- 4803
- Trust
- THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST
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