Atherton High School
Hamilton Street, Atherton, M46 0AY
Local ranking9th of 22 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
550
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.3
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 38.2%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 89
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 547
- Boys
- 298 (54%)
- Girls
- 249 (46%)
- Capacity
- 550 (99% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 47.2%
- EAL
- 4.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 16.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,254/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
87.8%
White British
3.0%
Mixed Other
1.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138233
- UKPRN
- 10038717
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP TRUST