Up Holland High School
Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 7AL
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Up Holland High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Scarborough
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 845
- URN
- 119751
- Local authority
- Lancashire
About this school
Up Holland High School was a community secondary school in Wigan. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 845 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Up Holland High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 152 | 159 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.1 | 47.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.52 -0.75 to -0.29 | -0.22 -0.44 to +0.01 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 49.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 69.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13% | 23.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 4.0 |
Trends over time
How Up Holland High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.1 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.6 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Up Holland High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.9% | 26.7% | 845 | — |
| Up Holland High School | 48.8 | 8.3% | 23.9% | 874 | 0.0 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic High School | 51.1 | 5.7% | 11.3% | 1,026 | 1.1 miles |
| Dean Trust Wigan | 33.1 | 9% | 57.3% | 715 | 1.5 miles |
| Rainford High School | 50.6 | 6.5% | 15.7% | 1,646 | 3.0 miles |
| St John Fisher Catholic High School | 41.3 | 8.9% | 32.9% | 998 | 3.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.7%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.9%
- Persistent absence
- 25.5%
Location
Nearby schools
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Up Holland High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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St Peter's Catholic High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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Dean Trust Wigan1.5 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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Rainford High School3.0 miles
Secondary · St Helens
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St John Fisher Catholic High School3.4 miles
Secondary · Wigan
Other schools in Wigan
- Cansfield High School Secondary
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge Secondary
- Dean Trust Wigan Secondary
- Hawkley Hall High School Secondary
- Outwood Academy Hindley Secondary
- Shevington High School Secondary
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield Secondary
- St John Fisher Catholic High School Secondary
- St Peter's Catholic High School Secondary
- Standish Community High School Secondary
- The Byrchall High School Secondary
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Up Holland High School teach?
- Up Holland High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Wigan.
- Has Up Holland High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Up Holland High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Up Holland High School?
- Up Holland High School had 845 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Up Holland High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.1 in 2022/23 and 47.6 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Up Holland High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Up Holland High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.