Standish Community High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Oct 14 2021 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- 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
- 143812
- Address
- Kenyon Road, Standish, WN6 0NX
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1297 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.6%
- Girls
- 49.4%
- First language not English
- 3.5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 15.7%
- Persistent absence
- 13.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.6%
White British 88.9%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 2.5%
Other 1%
Other Asian 0.8%
African 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
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 16%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 59%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 53.5
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.43
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Health Studies | Technical Award | 33 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 34 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 40 |
Art & Design (3d Studies) | GCSE | 45 |
Biology | GCSE | 47 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 45 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 36 |
English Language | GCSE | 249 |
English Literature | GCSE | 248 |
Admissions
Standish Community High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 257
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 284
- 2nd preference
- 202
- 3rd preference
- 103
- From another Local Authority
- 70
Offers
- 1st preference
- 249
- 2nd preference
- 8
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 4
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.5 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 260 139 121 |
Year 8 | 262 134 128 |
Year 9 | 258 135 123 |
Year 10 | 260 120 140 |
Year 11 | 257 128 129 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 84.0% 82.8% 86.5% |
Further education | 57.0% 40.9% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 6.7% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 26.0% 34.6% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | SP 0.6% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 5.0% 5.6% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 7.0% 6.1% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 4.0% 5.2% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.3% 1.0% |