St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C66
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigan, WN4 9PF
- Distance
- 0.1km away
The Byrchall High School
Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9PQ
Local ranking12th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1175
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 11.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 187
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1075
- Boys
- 529 (49%)
- Girls
- 546 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1175 (91% full)
- SEND
- 17.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.8%
- EAL
- 8.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,624/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- 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: 85.2%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Asian Chinese: 2.4%
- Black African: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
85.2%
White British
3.9%
White Other
2.4%
Asian Chinese
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Warrington Road
Wigan, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138699
- UKPRN
- 10038599
- Establishment No.
- 4501
- Trust
- MAKERFIELD ACADEMY TRUST
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