St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield is a secondary school located in Wigan. 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 27/01/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.4%, which is 0.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Rookery Avenue, Wigan, WN4 9PF
Website: http://www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk
Telephone: 01942728651
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Mark Dumican
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 106540

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 27/01/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1254
Number of Pupils: 1207
Number of Boys: 610
Number of Girls: 597

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.05 Confidence interval -0.22 to 0.11
Of the 237 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 233 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:35%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:48%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:52.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.49
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School
Council Avenue , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 9AZ 		3out of 4 642 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
R L Hughes Primary School
Mayfield Street , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 9QL 		3out of 4 982 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Thomas CofE Primary School
Hodnet Drive , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 8PQ 		3out of 4 1,035 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School
Golborne Road , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 8SJ 		3out of 4 1,788 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Nicol Mere School
Roman Road , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 8DF 		4out of 4 1,874 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Rookery Avenue , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 9PF 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
The Byrchall High School
Warrington Road , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 9PQ 		2out of 4 152 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Cansfield High School
Old Road , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 9TP 		3out of 4 1,396 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Hope Academy
Ashton Road , WA12 0AQ 		3out of 4 2,727 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Willow Grove Primary School
Willow Grove , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 8XF 		4out of 4 2,345 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Landgate School, Bryn
Landgate Lane , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 0EP 		3out of 4 3,082 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
The Parks School
Market Street , Hindley WN2 3AN 		- not rated 3,181 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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