Golborne High School
Ofsted: OutstandingFoundation school · Secondary
Warrington · WA3 3EL · Wigan
Ages 11–16
- Att848.2
- P8-0.1
- EM5+51%
- Absence8.7%
1.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 137783
Lowton Church of England High School
Foundation school · Warrington · WA3 1DU
Ages 11–16 · 814 pupils · Wigan
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
44.9
Overall absence
9.1%
Admissions demand
0.94 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-03-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- 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 8-0.17
−20+2
Attainment 844.9
English & maths grade 5+37%
English & maths grade 4+56%
EBacc entry14%
EBacc APS: 3.8
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.6%
Unauthorised4.9%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 835
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
0.94 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
156
Places offered
166
1st-preference offers
150
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 399
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 166
- Applications from outside LA
- 6
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
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 fill96%
814 pupils · 850 places
- Pupils on roll
- 814
- Boys / girls
- 402 / 412
- School capacity
- 850
- Capacity fill
- 814 / 850 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 29.6%
- FSM pupils
- 241
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Foundation school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jane Galbraith
Location
- Address
- Newton Road, Lowton
- Postcode
- WA3 1DU
- Town
- Warrington
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Wigan
- District
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- 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 foundation school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Warrington, Wigan, 814 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 29.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Liverpool.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Culcheth High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Secondary
Warrington · WA3 5HH · Warrington
Ages 11–16
- Att848.9
- P8-0.1
- EM5+51%
- Absence8.9%
2.1 miles away
Bedford High School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Secondary
Leigh · WN7 2LU · Wigan
Ages 11–16
- Att842.8
- P8-0.2
- EM5+41%
- Absence9.1%
2.6 miles away
The Westleigh School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Leigh · WN7 5NL · Wigan
Ages 11–16
- Att834.1
- P8-0.8
- EM5+24%
- Absence12.3%
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jane Galbraith
- Telephone
- 01942767040