Standish Community High School
Kenyon Road, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0NX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MOSAIC LEARNING TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Lindsay Barker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Wigan
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,300
- Pupils on roll
- 1,276
- URN
- 143812
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01257422265
About this school
Standish Community High School is a secondary academy in Wigan. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,276 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Standish Community High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 249 | 257 | 259 |
| Attainment 8 score | 53.5 | 52.4 | 49.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.05 -0.13 to +0.22 | -0.07 -0.24 to +0.10 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 58.8% | 43.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 79.4% | 69.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 16% | 16.7% | 27% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Standish Community 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 | Wigan average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53.5 | 36.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52.4 | 34.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.7 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,286 |
| 2023/24 | 1,297 |
| 2024/25 | 1,292 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Standish Community High School compares
Standish Community High School ranked 3rd of 19 secondary schools in Wigan for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 75% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.7 | 7.3% | 17.4% | 1,276 | — |
| Shevington High School | 49 | 7.4% | 23.7% | 878 | 0.9 miles |
| St John Fisher Catholic High School | 41.3 | 8.9% | 32.9% | 998 | 2.5 miles |
| The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College | 45.7 | 8.8% | 30.6% | 1,365 | 3.3 miles |
| Dean Trust Wigan | 33.1 | 9% | 57.3% | 715 | 3.5 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic High School | 51.1 | 5.7% | 11.3% | 1,026 | 3.6 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.41%
- English as an additional language
- 5.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.32%
- Persistent absence
- 19.23%
Location
Nearby schools
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Shevington High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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St John Fisher Catholic High School2.5 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College3.3 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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Dean Trust Wigan3.5 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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St Peter's Catholic High School3.6 miles
Secondary · Wigan
Other schools in Wigan
Standish Community High School ranks 2nd of the 13 ranked secondary 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
- The Byrchall High School Secondary
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College Secondary
- Up Holland High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Standish Community High School teach?
- Standish Community High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Wigan.
- Who is the head teacher of Standish Community High School?
- The head teacher of Standish Community High School is Mrs Lindsay Barker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Standish Community High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Standish Community High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Standish Community High School?
- Standish Community High School has 1,276 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Standish Community High School full?
- Standish Community High School has capacity for 1,300 pupils and 1,276 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Standish Community High School a faith school?
- No. Standish Community High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Standish Community High School a selective school?
- No. Standish Community High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Standish Community High School part of an academy trust?
- Standish Community High School is part of MOSAIC LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Standish Community High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 53.5 in 2022/23 and 49.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Standish Community High School compare with other schools in Wigan?
- Standish Community High School ranked 3rd of 19 secondary schools in Wigan for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 75% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Standish Community High School's absence rate?
- Standish Community High School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Standish Community High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Standish Community 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 10 July 2026.