Golborne High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Jan 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
- 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
- 1147 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 52.5%
- Girls
- 47.5%
- First language not English
- 9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 23.1%
- Persistent absence
- 19.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 12.2%
White British 84.7%
Chinese 5.9%
Other White 2%
Mixed 1.8%
African 1.6%
Other Asian 1.5%
Other 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 72%
Local authority average 30%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 46%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 50
Local authority average 43.3
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 4.6
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | Technical Award | 60 |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 25 |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | Technical Award | 19 |
| Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 21 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 72 |
| Biology | GCSE | 78 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 78 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 11 |
| Classical Civilisation | GCSE | 1 |
Admissions
Golborne High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 219
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 278
- 2nd preference
- 97
- 3rd preference
- 79
- From another Local Authority
- 19
Offers
- 1st preference
- 219
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.5 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 228 131 97 |
| Year 8 | 226 114 112 |
| Year 9 | 243 122 121 |
| Year 10 | 226 125 101 |
| Year 11 | 224 110 114 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 79.0% 81.8% 85.5% |
Further education | 31.0% 41.9% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 5.8% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 46.0% 33.4% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | SP 0.7% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 4.0% 3.8% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 7.0% 5.0% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 9.0% 7.1% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 2.4% 3.0% |