The Westleigh School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leigh, WN7 5NL
- Distance
- 3.0km away
Outwood Academy Hindley
Mornington Road, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 4LG
Local ranking12th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
935
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 December 2024. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Hindley High School (URN 106528) since 1 January 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 180
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 921
- Boys
- 461 (51%)
- Girls
- 447 (49%)
- Capacity
- 935 (97% full)
- SEND
- 16.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.0%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 13.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,664/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
- 10.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.8%
- White Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.4%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
93.8%
White British
1.3%
White Other
1.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Mornington Road
Wigan, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 148526
- UKPRN
- 10088071
- Establishment No.
- 4013
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
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