Atherton High School
Secondary schoolAtherton High School is a secondary school in Wigan, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 561 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Atherton High School was 46.2, against 45.1 in Wigan and 46.2 in England.
38.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Wigan | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 46.2 | 45.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38.2% | 43% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63.7% | 63.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 102 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Parklee Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed320 m
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe BridgePrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- Chowbent Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Meadowbank Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School AthertonPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- Atherton St George's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wigan
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).