Dean Trust Wigan

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Oct 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wigan
Unique reference
144519
Address
Greenhey, Orrell, WN5 0DQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
808 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
10.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
52.1%
Persistent absence
35.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.7%
Other White 5.2%
African 3.1%
Other 1.9%
Unclassified 1.9%
Mixed 1.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Other Asian 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.52
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 14%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.4
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.82
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award22
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
Art & DesignGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
English LanguageGCSE150
English LiteratureGCSE150
FrenchGCSE1
GeographyGCSE35
HistoryGCSE116
MathematicsGCSE151
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Dean Trust Wigan

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
122
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
82
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
82
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
5
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 classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
158
80
78
Year 8
179
94
85
Year 9
151
71
80
Year 10
166
90
76
Year 11
154
82
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
66.0%
80.0%
85.6%
Further education
49.0%
38.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
6.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
14.0%
34.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
13.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
7.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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