Golborne High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Wigan
Lowton Road, Warrington, WA3 3EL
69
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 11/01/2023
Application demand
79%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
20.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,144
Capacity used
Over capacity106%
1,075 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
79%
1st preference success rate
219 of 278 families who put it first got an offer
219
Places offered
454
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 278 | 219 | ● 79% |
| 2nd preference | 97 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 79 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 454 | 219 | 48% |
1st preference success by year
Wigan lets families list 3 preferences. 19 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Alison Stott
- Address
- Lowton Road, Golborne, Warrington, WA3 3EL
- Phone
- 01942726842
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Ward / constituency
- Golborne & Lowton West · Leigh and Atherton
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 106525
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 25% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: The Golborne and Lowton Co-operative Learning Partnership Trust
1,144 pupils · 1,075 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
11 January 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding - 19
05 December 2019
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,173 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.05 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 51% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.37 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 45.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 71.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 72.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.61 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 221 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 220 | 22% | 60% | 74% | |
| Mathematics | 219 | 22% | 51% | 79% | |
| English Literature | 215 | 30% | 64% | 78% | |
| Spanish | 138 | 14% | 43% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 137 | 15% | 36% | 58% | |
| History | 127 | 38% | 56% | 67% | |
| Geography | 104 | 23% | 58% | 67% | |
| Art and Design | 101 | 32% | 69% | 87% | |
| Biology | 78 | 21% | 54% | 83% | |
| Physics | 78 | 26% | 65% | 83% | |
| Chemistry | 78 | 15% | 50% | 77% | |
| Religious Studies | 56 | 36% | 63% | 68% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Wigan council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.