Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Wigan
Holt Street, Wigan, WN1 3HD
53
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 25/03/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.3%
25.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
692
Capacity used
Nearly full92%
750 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
86 of 86 families who put it first got an offer
136
Places offered
157
Total applications
1.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 86 | 86 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 37 | 6 | ● 16% |
| 3rd preference | 34 | 2 | ● 6% |
| Total | 157 | 94 | 60% |
1st preference success by year
Wigan lets families list 3 preferences. 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lucy Cropper
- Address
- Holt Street, Ince, Wigan, WN1 3HD
- Phone
- 01942510712
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Ward / constituency
- Ince · Wigan
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 146797
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 61% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 26% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE DEAN TRUST
692 pupils · 750 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
25 March 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 729 pupils
Attendance
91.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.9%
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 | 37.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.60 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 26% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 29.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 53.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 48.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.39 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 130 | — |
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 | 130 | 7% | 32% | 59% | |
| English Language | 130 | 14% | 47% | 61% | |
| Combined Science | 126 | 5% | 25% | 48% | |
| English Literature | 122 | 9% | 39% | 60% | |
| Geography | 90 | 3% | 26% | 40% | |
| Spanish | 60 | 15% | 30% | 42% | |
| Art and Design | 53 | 6% | 13% | 57% | |
| History | 44 | 16% | 50% | 64% | |
| Social Studies | 24 | 8% | 21% | 21% | |
| Portuguese | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Greek | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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) |
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.