Standish Community 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 20/11/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Kenyon Road, Wigan

School Information

Address: Kenyon Road, Wigan, WN6 0NX
Website: http://www.standishchs.wigan.sch.uk
Telephone: 01257422265
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Lindsay Barker
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 143812

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 20/11/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1250
Number of Pupils: 1280
Number of Boys: 664
Number of Girls: 616

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.21 Confidence interval 0.05 to 0.37
Of the 246 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 245 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:7%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:61%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:54.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.27
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish
Avondale Street , Standish WN6 0LF 		4out of 4 715 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Wood Fold Primary School
Green Lane , Standish WN6 0TS 		4out of 4 985 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy
Rectory Lane , Standish WN6 0XB 		4out of 4 1,407 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington
Mossy Lea Road , Wrightington WN6 9RE 		3out of 4 1,777 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Millbrook Primary School
Elmfield , Shevington WN6 8DL 		3out of 4 2,070 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Standish Community High School
Kenyon Road , Standish WN6 0NX 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Shevington High School
Shevington Lane , Shevington WN6 8AB 		3out of 4 1,518 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
My Life Learning
C/O Thompson House , Pepper Lane WN6 0PP 		- not rated 1,094 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Fir Tree Fishery CIC
The Nook , Appley Bridge WN6 9JB 		- not rated 2,894 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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