Atherton High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 25 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wigan
Unique reference
138233
Address
Hamilton Street, M46 0AY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
525 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
56.0%
Girls
44.0%
First language not English
4.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.1%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.2%
Unclassified 4.6%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 2.1%
Other Asian 1%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.39
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 55%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.4
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.51
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
MultimediaTechnical Award8
Art & DesignGCSE24
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE74
English LiteratureGCSE74
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
FrenchGCSE21
GeographyGCSE43
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Atherton High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
148
2nd preference
69
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
114
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
118
66
52
Year 8
122
60
62
Year 9
110
68
42
Year 10
93
57
36
Year 11
82
43
39
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
82.8%
86.5%
Further education
53.0%
40.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
6.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
20.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
5.0%
0.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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