Atherton High School
Free schools · 561 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
Community special school
Oakfield High School and College
- Pupils on roll
- 413of 270 places
- Free school meals
- 52.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 63
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 3 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 34 pupils who finished Year 11 at Oakfield High School and College in 2023, 0% stayed on in Oakfield High School and College’s own sixth form (Wigan average 6%), 9% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wigan and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Wigan | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 34 | 3,620 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 9% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 91% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Wigan | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.5 | 43.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 2% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.33 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 57% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 5.2 | 33.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 5.9 | 47.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 40 | 63% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| Mathematics | 28 | 44% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| Art and Design | 24 | 38% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 4% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 12 | 19% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 8% |
| Combined Science | 12 | 19% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| English Literature | 12 | 19% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 8% |
| History | 11 | 17% | 41% | 0% | 26% | 0% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 13 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Wigan
Bedford High School
Community school · 1,111 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Cansfield High School
Community school · 974 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Academy sponsor led · 692 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Dean Trust Wigan
Academy sponsor led · 715 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.1
Fred Longworth High School
Academy converter · 1,283 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.