# St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield

St 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.

Secondary school. Code E106540. [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,204
- Council: Wigan
- URN: 106540

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [The Byrchall High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-byrchall-high-school-e138699): 140 m. Secondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 42.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Ascent Autism Specialist College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ascent-autism-specialist-college-e139251): 380 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [St Oswald's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-oswalds-catholic-primary-school-e106488): 590 m. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [R L Hughes Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/r-l-hughes-primary-school-e106424): 900 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Thomas CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-cofe-primary-school-e106465): 950 m. Primary. School remains Good, June 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Cansfield High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cansfield-high-school-e106521): 1.3 km. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.7 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/106540)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106540)

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