Atherton High School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Atherton, Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.032 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2013–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Atherton High School is a secondary school in Atherton, Wigan for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2013 to 2026 entry.
Atherton 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 | 1.032 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.032 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 12 Wigan secondary schools with a published last distance.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 26% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wigan.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 119 first-choice applications for 120 offers: 109 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 47.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wigan is 36.9%.
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
- Hamilton Street, Atherton, M46 0AY
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 561 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Atherton High School.”
- “They value the positive relationships that they have with their teachers.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), feel happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, some teachers do not check and address forgotten learning effectively.”
- “For some pupils, this slows down their progress through the curriculum.”
- “However, some pupils have limited meaningful and rich experiences of the diverse world in which they live.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 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) | 26% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.3 | 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: 119 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 109 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.
- Fred Longworth High School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Westleigh School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bedford High School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic High School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Hindley 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lowton Church of England High School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Golborne High School 4.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published