Secondary
The Byrchall High School
Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9PQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1138 of 1216 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
- Local authority
- Wigan
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- MAKERFIELD ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 84.1
- Pupils per adult
- 12.6
- Pupils
- 1,058
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 September 2022
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
March 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
39%
Level with the Wigan average (39% across 20 schools)
41.3
2.8 below 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 | 41.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 |
| Entered the EBacc | 11% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% |
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 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 41% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 39% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.06 |
| 22/23 | -0.32 |
| 23/24 | -0.40 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.6 |
| 22/23 | 45.1 |
| 23/24 | 43.4 |
| 24/25 | 41.3 |
Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9PQ
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
- Philippe Paul
- Address
- Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9PQ
- Telephone
- 01942728221