Secondary
Westhoughton High School
Bolton Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3BZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1342 of 1350 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
- Local authority
- Bolton
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 111.5
- Pupils per adult
- 12.1
- Pupils
- 1,354
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
May 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
November 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
41%
6 points below the Bolton average (47% across 18 schools)
44.4
3.0 below the Bolton average (47.4 across 18 schools)
17th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bolton we can score - 26 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.62 |
| Entered the EBacc | 7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34% |
| 22/23 | 41% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 41% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.63 |
| 22/23 | -0.74 |
| 23/24 | -0.64 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.9 |
| 22/23 | 43.3 |
| 23/24 | 43.1 |
| 24/25 | 44.4 |
Bolton Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3BZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bolton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Neil Coe
- Address
- Bolton Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3BZ
- Telephone
- 01942814122