# St Mary's Catholic High School

St Mary's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Wigan, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,537 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E106538. [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,537
- Council: Wigan
- URN: 106538

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, October 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 9 October 2024
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 Mary's Catholic High School was 47.1, against 45.1 in Wigan and 46.2 in England.
45.8% 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 | 47.1 | 45.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45.8% | 43% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70.4% | 63.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 253 | – | – |

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.

- [St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-ambrose-barlow-catholic-primary-school-e106510): 380 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Stephen's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-stephens-cofe-primary-school-e106482): 880 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tyldesley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tyldesley-primary-school-e138036): 1.6 km. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bedford High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bedford-high-school-e106523): 1.7 km. Secondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-gabriels-catholic-primary-school-e106506): 1.9 km. Primary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/106538)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106538)

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