Dean Trust Rose Bridge

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Requires improvement
Mar 25 2025 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
146797
Address
Holt Street, Ince, WN1 3HD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
699 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
16.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
57.9%
Persistent absence
22.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
26.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.1%
African 7.7%
Other White 6.4%
Mixed 2.9%
Other 2.1%
Other Asian 1.6%
Pakistani 1.3%
Chinese 1%
Indian 0.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 30%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.3
Local authority average 43.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.39
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award30
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE34
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE130
English LiteratureGCSE122
GeographyGCSE90
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Dean Trust Rose Bridge

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
136
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
86
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
86
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
129
54
75
Year 8
150
71
79
Year 9
146
86
60
Year 10
142
73
69
Year 11
132
74
58
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
81.8%
85.5%
Further education
65.0%
41.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
0.0%
5.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
8.0%
33.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
3.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
7.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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