St John Fisher Catholic High School 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 21/10/2010. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Baytree Road, Wigan

School Information

Address: Baytree Road, Wigan, WN6 7RN
Website: sjfhs.co.uk
Telephone: 01942510715
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Alison Rigby
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 106535

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 21/10/2010

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1000
Number of Pupils: 995
Number of Boys: 504
Number of Girls: 491

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.71 Confidence interval -0.9 to -0.53
Of the 187 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 185 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:40%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:32%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.56
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Douglas Valley Nursery School
Turner Street , Off Greenough Street WN1 3SU 		4out of 4 2,260 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Springfield Road , WN6 7RH 		3out of 4 98 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Beech Hill Community Primary School
Netherby Road , Beech Hill WN6 7PT 		3out of 4 320 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School
Mort Street , Springfield WN6 7AU 		3out of 4 535 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School
Wigan Lower Road , Standish Lower Ground WN6 8JP 		3out of 4 1,098 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Woodfield Primary School
Wigan Lane , WN1 2NT 		4out of 4 1,710 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St John Fisher Catholic High School
Baytree Road , Springfield WN6 7RN 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
Frog Lane , WN1 1HQ 		3out of 4 1,604 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wigan and Leigh College
PO Box 53 , Parson's Walk WN1 1RS 		- not rated 1,795 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Progress Schools Wigan
Wigan Youth Zone , Parsons Walk WN1 1RU 		- not rated 1,643 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Expanse Learning Wigan School
Tyrer Avenue , Worsley Mesnes WN3 5XE 		- not rated 2,917 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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