Fred Longworth High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Wigan
Printshop Lane, Manchester, M29 8JN
65
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
77%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.0%
21.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,283
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,275 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
77%
1st preference success rate
245 of 319 families who put it first got an offer
245
Places offered
539
Total applications
2.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 319 | 245 | ● 77% |
| 2nd preference | 164 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 53 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences | 3 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 539 | 245 | 45% |
1st preference success by year
Wigan lets families list 3 preferences. 53 applications came from outside the council area (3 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Davies
- Address
- Printshop Lane, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 8JN
- Phone
- 01942883796
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Ward / constituency
- Atherton South & Lilford · Leigh and Atherton
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137448
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 25% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: FRED LONGWORTH HIGH SCHOOL
1,283 pupils · 1,275 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
19 October 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,316 pupils
Attendance
92.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
21.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
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 | 45.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.29 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 46% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 67% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.10 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 44.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 65.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 39.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.05 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 242 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 241 | 15% | 54% | 75% | |
| English Language | 241 | 18% | 51% | 69% | |
| English Literature | 234 | 19% | 55% | 70% | |
| Combined Science | 205 | 6% | 37% | 59% | |
| History | 112 | 29% | 61% | 76% | |
| Geography | 110 | 12% | 40% | 55% | |
| Business | 83 | 2% | 36% | 54% | |
| Art and Design | 69 | 10% | 46% | 74% | |
| French | 64 | 17% | 50% | 67% | |
| Social Studies | 55 | 18% | 55% | 60% | |
| Design & Technology | 53 | 4% | 28% | 51% | |
| Biology | 30 | 17% | 93% | 100% |
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.