Bedford High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Leigh, Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2010–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bedford High School is a secondary school in Leigh, Wigan for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 October 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2010 to 2026 entry.
Bedford 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 9 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.
- In 6 of the 15 earlier years with a published Year 7 outcome, places ran out and a last distance was published.
- Year 7 2026 had 159 first-choice applications for 179 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 20 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 48% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Manchester Road, Leigh, WN7 2LU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 1,111 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 October 2023
Strengths
- “Most pupils enjoy their time at Bedford High School.”
- “They value the strong relationships that they have with their teachers and peers.”
- “This helps them to feel safe and cared for in school.”
To improve
- “Nonetheless, from time-to-time, some teachers use these assessment strategies less successfully.”
- “This means that a small number of pupils do not have secure prior knowledge when they meet new content.”
- “Nevertheless, a small number of teachers do not use the behaviour systems consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 2023 (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) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.5 | 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: 159 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 159 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 Mary's Catholic High School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fred Longworth High School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Atherton High School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Westleigh School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lowton Church of England High School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Hindley 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Golborne High School 4.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published