St Peter's Catholic High School is a secondary school located in Wigan. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 27/02/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.7%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Howards Lane, Wigan, WN5 8NU
Website: http://www.saintpetershigh.wigan.sch.uk
Telephone: 01942747693
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Andrew McGlown
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 106537

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 27/02/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1040
Number of Pupils: 1040
Number of Boys: 550
Number of Girls: 490

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.32 Confidence interval -0.5 to -0.13
Of the 182 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 182 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:36%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:50%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.37
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy
Kershaw Street , Orrell WN5 0AW 		4out of 4 1,035 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Orrell Holgate Academy
Moor Road , Orrell WN5 8SJ 		3out of 4 1,052 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St John's CofE Primary School
Church Street , Pemberton WN5 0DT 		3out of 4 1,272 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
St James Road , Orrell WN5 7AA 		3out of 4 1,797 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
St James Road , Orrell WN5 7BD 		4out of 4 1,952 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Peter's Catholic High School
Howards Lane , Orrell WN5 8NU 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Dean Trust Wigan
, Greenhey WN5 0DQ 		2out of 4 852 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Up Holland High School
Sandbrook Road , Orrell WN5 7AL 		3out of 4 1,998 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College
Gathurst Road , Orrell WN5 0LJ 		- not rated 1,560 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Winstanley College
Winstanley Road , Billinge WN5 7XF 		- not rated 2,137 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
TMP Studios CIC
830 Ormskirk Road , Pemberton WN5 8EX 		- not rated 1,237 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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