Cansfield High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cansfield High School is a secondary school in Wigan for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
Cansfield High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 6 of the 18 other Wigan secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 places ran out, with a last distance published, in 8 of the 15 earlier years, and the distance swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 135 first-choice applications for 172 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 37 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above in 2024/25: 41% (England 45%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wigan.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wigan schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Old Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9TP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 974 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are proud to attend this school.”
- “The appreciate the caring and nurturing atmosphere.”
- “Staff know the pupils very well.”
To improve
- “However, from time to time, teachers’ choice of learning activities do not allow pupils to access the subject content of the curriculum in sufficient depth.”
- “This hampers how well some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve.”
- “However, this programme provides limited opportunities for pupils to celebrate different cultures and faiths.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 135 first-preference applications, 172 offers in total, 135 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wigan.
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Byrchall High School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hawkley Hall High School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Golborne High School 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dean Trust Wigan 3.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic High School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published