Atherton High School
Free schools · 561 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
Other independent special school
The Parks School
- Pupils on roll
- 21of 30 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 5
- Ofsted
- Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says
The Department for Education has not published where The Parks School’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.
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.
The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
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 | 5 | 100% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| English Literature | 5 | 100% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Mathematics | 5 | 100% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
Where The Parks School is
Other secondary schools in Wigan are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Wigan’s allocation statistics.
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.