Secondary
Cansfield High School
Old Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9TP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 974 of 1012 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
- Local authority
- Wigan
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 86.6
- Pupils per adult
- 12.2
- Pupils
- 1,055
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 June 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
January 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
41%
2 points above the Wigan average (39% across 20 schools)
44.4
0.3 above the Wigan average (44.1 across 20 schools)
11th of 20 by our score, among the secondary schools in Wigan we can score - 27 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 | 3.82 |
| Entered the EBacc | 40% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| 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 | 60% |
| 22/23 | 39% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 41% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.11 |
| 22/23 | -0.28 |
| 23/24 | -0.55 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53.5 |
| 22/23 | 47.2 |
| 23/24 | 41.5 |
| 24/25 | 44.4 |
Old Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9TP
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.
Wigan 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
- Nicola Daniels
- Address
- Old Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9TP
- Telephone
- 01942727391