The Byrchall High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.949 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2010–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Byrchall High School is a secondary school in Wigan for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2022. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2010 to 2026 entry.
The Byrchall 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 | 2.949 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 9 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026 there were 315 first-choice applications for 250 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the highest of 19 Wigan secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026, 240 offers went to first-choice families, and 75 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance of 2.949 miles was the 2nd longest of 12 Wigan secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.84 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
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
- Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9PQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 1,138 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2022
Strengths
- “Trustees, governors and leaders have high expectations of what pupils should achieve.”
- “They have a clear and ambitious strategy for school improvement.”
- “This has pupils’ best interests at its heart.”
To improve
- “In the past, a weak curriculum in some subjects meant that pupils were not well prepared for the next stage in their education.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, some teachers do not ensure that pupils’ learning builds securely on what they already know.”
- “This prevents some pupils from learning more and remembering more in those subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.3 | 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: 315 first-preference applications, 250 offers in total, 240 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 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cansfield High School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Golborne High School 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hawkley Hall High School 2.9 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 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published