North West
Secondary schools in Wigan
19 secondary schools in Wigan.
Ofsted among secondary schools in Wigan
Good8
Requires improvement1
Outstanding1
No overall grade9
10 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 9 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 10
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 9
- Average days since inspection
- 815
- Framework mix
- 10 historic, 9 current, 0 none
Secondary schools in Wigan
Sorted by Progress 8 lower confidence bound, so a noisy positive is not ranked as a win. A Progress 8 interval that spans zero is not treated as above average — +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise.
19 schools
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-MakerfieldVoluntary aided school | Wigan | Report card 2026 | 49.1 | 0.16-0.02 to 0.34 · not a win | |
| Standish Community High SchoolAcademy converter | Wigan | Report card 2026 | 49.7 | -0.07-0.24 to 0.10 · not a win | |
| Golborne High SchoolFoundation school | Warrington | Outstanding 2023 | 50.1 | -0.05-0.25 to 0.14 · not a win | |
| Outwood Academy HindleyAcademy sponsor led | Wigan | No overall grade | 40 | -0.08-0.29 to 0.13 · not a win | |
| St Peter's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wigan | Good 2024 | 51.1 | -0.12-0.31 to 0.07 · not a win | |
| Atherton High SchoolFree schools | Atherton | Good 2024 | 39.3 | 0.00-0.32 to 0.31 · not a win | |
| Hawkley Hall High SchoolAcademy converter | Wigan | No overall grade | 40.4 | -0.14-0.33 to 0.05 · not a win | |
| St Mary's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No overall grade | 44.2 | -0.20-0.38 to -0.02 | |
| Lowton Church of England High SchoolFoundation school | Warrington | Good 2023 | 47.5 | -0.17-0.39 to 0.06 · not a win | |
| Shevington High SchoolCommunity school | Wigan | Report card 2026 | 49 | -0.18-0.39 to 0.03 · not a win | |
| Bedford High SchoolCommunity school | Leigh | Good 2023 | 45.5 | -0.24-0.44 to -0.05 | |
| Fred Longworth High SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 45.9 | -0.29-0.47 to -0.11 | |
| The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form CollegeVoluntary aided school | Wigan | Report card 2026 | 45.7 | -0.31-0.49 to -0.13 | |
| The Byrchall High SchoolAcademy converter | Wigan | Good 2022 | 41.3 | -0.40-0.57 to -0.22 | |
| Cansfield High SchoolCommunity school | Wigan | Good 2024 | 44.4 | -0.55-0.75 to -0.35 | |
| St John Fisher Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wigan | Report card 2026 | 41.3 | -0.58-0.78 to -0.38 | |
| Dean Trust Rose BridgeAcademy sponsor led | Wigan | No overall grade | 39.7 | -0.60-0.85 to -0.35 | |
| The Westleigh SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Leigh | Good 2022 | 36.4 | -0.81-1.04 to -0.59 | |
| Dean Trust WiganAcademy sponsor led | Wigan | Requires improvement 2023 | 33.1 | -1.12-1.35 to -0.89 |