Golborne High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jan 12 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
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wigan
Unique reference
106525
Address
Lowton Road, Golborne, WA3 3EL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1149 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.4%
Girls
48.6%
First language not English
6.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.7%
Persistent absence
26.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.8%
Chinese 3.8%
Other White 2.1%
Mixed 1.8%
African 1.1%
Other Asian 1%
Indian 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.39
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.7
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.63
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award46
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award15
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award28
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award19
Speech & DramaTechnical Award35
Art & DesignGCSE56
BiologyGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE75
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Golborne High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
225
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
291
2nd preference
115
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
225
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
229
114
115
Year 8
245
123
122
Year 9
231
127
104
Year 10
228
112
116
Year 11
216
115
101
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
80.0%
85.6%
Further education
42.0%
38.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
6.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
41.0%
34.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
6.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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