Golborne High School is a secondary school located in Warrington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 23/05/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Lowton Road, Warrington, WA3 3EL
Website: http://www.golbornehigh.wigan.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01942726842
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Alison Gormally
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 106525

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 23/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1000
Number of Pupils: 1006
Number of Boys: 509
Number of Girls: 497

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.58 Confidence interval 0.38 to 0.78
Of the 159 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 156 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:60%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:57%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:54.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.92
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School
Church Street , Golborne WA3 3TH 		3out of 4 578 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Lowton West Primary School
Slag Lane , Lowton WA3 2ED 		3out of 4 724 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan
Hazel Grove , Golborne WA3 3LU 		4out of 4 794 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Golborne Community Primary School
Talbot Street , Golborne WA3 3NN 		3out of 4 1,128 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Church Lane , Lowton WA3 2PW 		3out of 4 1,545 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Golborne High School
Lowton Road , Golborne WA3 3EL 		3out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Lowton Church of England High School
Newton Road , Lowton WA3 1DU 		2out of 4 3,029 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Parks School
Market Street , Hindley WN2 3AN 		- not rated 1,606 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Green Meadow Independent Primary School
Robson Way , WA3 2RD 		- not rated 1,862 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Willow Grove Primary School
Willow Grove , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 8XF 		4out of 4 2,919 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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