Fred Longworth High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Manchester, Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.863 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fred Longworth High School is a secondary school in Manchester, Wigan for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
Fred Longworth 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 | 1.863 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 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 45.9 (England 46).
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered, 1.863 miles, was the longest of the 14 years with a published distance and further from the school than in 2025.
- Year 7 2026 drew 284 first-choice applications for 259 offers; 253 offers went to first-choice families, and 31 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- 25.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 40.2% across 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
- Printshop Lane, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 8JN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 1,283 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2022
Strengths
- “Fred Longworth High School is a supportive and welcoming community.”
- “Leaders and staff have high aspirations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “The school’s values of ‘belonging, engaging, succeeding, together’ are understood and enacted by pupils.”
To improve
- “That said, on occasions, some teachers do not choose the most appropriate activities to build pupils’ understanding.”
- “Consequently, some pupils do not remember what they have learned previously.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2022 (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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.9 | 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: 284 first-preference applications, 259 offers in total, 253 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.
- Atherton High School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic High School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bedford High School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Westleigh School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Hindley 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lowton Church of England High School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Golborne High School 5.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 5.9 mi Not judged Last distance published