Fred Longworth High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M29 8JN
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Atherton High School
Hamilton Street, Atherton, M46 0AY
Local ranking7th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
550
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 24 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 102
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
- 293 (52%)
- Girls
- 268 (48%)
- Capacity
- 550 (102% 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
*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
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.1% nat15.8%
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: 89.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
89.3%
White British
3.0%
Mixed Other
1.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hamilton Street
Atherton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138233
- UKPRN
- 10038717
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP TRUST
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