Westhoughton High School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1342

Places

1350

How full

Nearly full — 1342 of 1350 places taken

Girls / boys

628 / 714

Overall absence

11%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

32%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

25%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

5%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

9%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

91%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

83%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

5%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

1%

No sustained destination

7%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

247

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Bolton 028C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

33%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

16%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

69%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

11%

England 17%

Households with no car

20%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

37%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Community school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

No

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Headteacher

Headteacher: Neil Coe

Local authority

Bolton

Ward

Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill

Constituency

Bolton West

URN

105252

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.