The Westleigh School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Leigh · WN7 5NL · Wigan
Ages 11–16
- Att834.1
- P8-0.8
- EM5+24%
- Absence12.3%
1.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 148526
Outwood Academy Hindley
Academy sponsor led · Wigan · WN2 4LG
Ages 11–16 · 908 pupils · Wigan
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
39.8
Overall absence
10.6%
Admissions demand
1.01 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-12-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- 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 8-0.08
−20+2
Attainment 839.8
English & maths grade 5+32%
English & maths grade 4+50%
EBacc entry29%
EBacc APS: 3.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)31.7%
Unauthorised4.7%
- Authorised absence
- 5.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 957
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
1.01 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
179
Places offered
177
1st-preference offers
170
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 282
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 177
- Applications from outside LA
- 9
- 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 fill97%
908 pupils · 935 places
- Pupils on roll
- 908
- Boys / girls
- 461 / 447
- School capacity
- 935
- Capacity fill
- 908 / 935 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 36.9%
- FSM pupils
- 335
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Ms J Norman
Location
- Address
- Mornington Road, Hindley
- Postcode
- WN2 4LG
- Town
- Wigan
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Wigan
- District
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- 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, 908 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 36.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Wigan · WN1 3HD · Wigan
Ages 11–16
- Att837.4
- P8-0.6
- EM5+26%
- Absence10.6%
2.2 miles away
Westhoughton High School
Ofsted: Needs attentionCommunity school · Secondary
Bolton · BL5 3BZ · Bolton
Ages 11–16
- Att843.1
- P8-0.6
- EM5+39%
- Absence10.5%
2.2 miles away
Atherton High School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Secondary
Atherton · M46 0AY · Wigan
Ages 11–16
- Att840.7
- P80.0
- EM5+31%
- Absence9.2%
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms J Norman
- Telephone
- 01942767704