Westhoughton High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
105252
Address
Bolton Road, Westhoughton, BL5 3BZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1354 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
4.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.5%
Persistent absence
27.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.6%
Mixed 4.3%
Other White 2.1%
Pakistani 1.3%
African 1.1%
Indian 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.74
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.63
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award30
MultimediaTechnical Award14
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award82
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Art & DesignGCSE29
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE36
BiologyGCSE74
ChemistryGCSE73
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE246
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Westhoughton High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
266
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
235
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
86
From another Local Authority
96
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
235
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
25
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
280
139
141
Year 8
276
139
137
Year 9
265
133
132
Year 10
264
139
125
Year 11
269
138
131
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
65.0%
44.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
SP
16.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
22.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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