Up Holland High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Lancashire
Sandbrook Road, Wigan, WN5 7AL
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
78%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.7%
22.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
874
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
78%
1st preference success rate
156 of 199 families who put it first got an offer
176
Places offered
477
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 199 | 156 | ● 78% |
| 2nd preference | 160 | 15 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 118 | 5 | ● 4% |
| Total | 477 | 176 | 37% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 188 applications came from outside the council area (87 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
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Scarborough
- Address
- Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 7AL
- Phone
- 01695625191
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Up Holland · West Lancashire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149983
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 24% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 6% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: EVERYONE MATTERS SCHOOLS TRUST
874 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
24 May 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 877 pupils
Attendance
91.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.3%
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 over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 49.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 71.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 10.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.96 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 161 | — |
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 | 161 | 13% | 59% | 78% | |
| Mathematics | 160 | 18% | 55% | 75% | |
| English Literature | 159 | 19% | 64% | 82% | |
| Statistics | 157 | 9% | 43% | 74% | |
| Combined Science | 81 | 2% | 23% | 47% | |
| Biology | 78 | 15% | 58% | 81% | |
| History | 78 | 36% | 73% | 77% | |
| Physics | 78 | 17% | 65% | 90% | |
| Chemistry | 78 | 18% | 53% | 85% | |
| Geography | 68 | 18% | 41% | 60% | |
| Art and Design | 51 | 33% | 75% | 90% | |
| Social Studies | 38 | 26% | 63% | 74% |
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 Lancashire 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.