Shevington High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 16 2022 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
Wigan
Unique reference
106529
Address
Shevington Lane, Shevington, WN6 8AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
886 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
6.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.4%
Persistent absence
23.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.1%
Mixed 3.2%
Other White 2.6%
Chinese 1%
Other Asian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Pakistani 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.39
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.9
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.09
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE28
ChineseGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE134
English LiteratureGCSE133
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Shevington High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
152
2nd preference
237
3rd preference
162
From another Local Authority
61
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
11
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 classes25.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
89
89
Year 8
177
88
89
Year 9
177
91
86
Year 10
179
78
101
Year 11
175
80
95
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
82.8%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
40.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
6.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
40.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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