St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Secondary schoolSt Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield is a secondary school in Wigan, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,204 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 3 March 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
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 St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield was 50.4, against 45.1 in Wigan and 46.2 in England.
53.6% 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 | 50.4 | 45.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53.6% | 43% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75.5% | 63.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 237 | – | – |
- 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- The Byrchall High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 42.8 (2025/26, provisional)140 m
- Ascent Autism Specialist CollegeSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file380 m
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- R L Hughes Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Cansfield High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.7 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
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).