The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Secondary
Wigan · WN1 1HQ · Wigan
Ages 11–18
- Att844.0
- P8-0.3
- EM5+38%
- Absence8.6%
1.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 146797
Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Academy sponsor led · Wigan · WN1 3HD
Ages 11–16 · 692 pupils · Wigan
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
37.4
Overall absence
10.6%
Admissions demand
0.90 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-03-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.60
−20+2
Attainment 837.4
English & maths grade 5+26%
English & maths grade 4+47%
EBacc entry66%
EBacc APS: 3.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)30.2%
Unauthorised6.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 756
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.90 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
73
Places offered
97
1st-preference offers
73
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 142
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 81
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill92%
692 pupils · 750 places
- Pupils on roll
- 692
- Boys / girls
- 348 / 344
- School capacity
- 750
- Capacity fill
- 692 / 750 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 61.3%
- FSM pupils
- 424
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DEAN TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DEAN TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Dean Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Lucy Cropper
Location
- Address
- Holt Street, Ince
- Postcode
- WN1 3HD
- Town
- Wigan
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Local authority
- Wigan
- District
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Wigan, Wigan, 692 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 61.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St John Fisher Catholic High School
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary aided school · Secondary
Wigan · WN6 7RN · Wigan
Ages 11–16
- Att842.2
- P8-0.6
- EM5+32%
- Absence9.8%
1.9 miles away
Hawkley Hall High School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Wigan · WN3 5NY · Wigan
Ages 11–16
- Att844.9
- P8-0.1
- EM5+46%
- Absence9.2%
1.9 miles away
Outwood Academy Hindley
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Wigan · WN2 4LG · Wigan
Ages 11–16
- Att839.8
- P8-0.1
- EM5+32%
- Absence10.6%
2.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Lucy Cropper
- Telephone
- 01942510712