St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.411 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield is a secondary school in Wigan for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield 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 | 4.411 mi |
| 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
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.411 miles from the school, the longest of 12 Wigan secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 258 first-choice applications for 233 offers; 224 offers went to first-choice families and 34 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 2026, 139 of the 453 applications in all came from families living outside Wigan, and 65 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 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
- Rookery Avenue, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9PF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 1,204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud ambassadors for their school.”
- “They bring the school to life with a strong sense of faith, ambition and a deep sense of community.”
- “Pupils routinely uphold the school’s expectations and respond with maturity and self-belief to the routines and values leaders have built over time.”
To improve
- “Leaders should continue to refine the school’s approach to quality assurance so that it enables them to ensure that all groups of pupils achieve the very best outcomes routinely over time.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2026 (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) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.1 | 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: 258 first-preference applications, 233 offers in total, 224 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.
- The Byrchall High School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cansfield High School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Golborne High School 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hawkley Hall High School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lowton Church of England High School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Dean Trust Wigan 4.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published