Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Holt Street, Ince, Wigan, WN1 3HD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE DEAN TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Lucy Cropper
- Sponsor
- The Dean Trust
- Constituency
- Wigan
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 692
- URN
- 146797
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01942510712
About this school
Dean Trust Rose Bridge is a secondary academy in Wigan. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 692 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Dean Trust Rose Bridge, 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 131 | 133 | 130 |
| Attainment 8 score | 36.0 | 37.4 | 39.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.10 -1.34 to -0.85 | -0.60 -0.85 to -0.35 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 21% | 25.6% | 29.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40% | 47.4% | 53.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 53% | 66.2% | 48.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
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 Dean Trust Rose Bridge 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 | 36 | 36.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.4 | 34.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.7 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 699 |
| 2023/24 | 715 |
| 2024/25 | 699 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dean Trust Rose Bridge compares
Dean Trust Rose Bridge ranked 16th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.7 | 8.7% | 58.1% | 692 | — |
| The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College | 45.7 | 8.8% | 30.6% | 1,365 | 1.1 miles |
| St John Fisher Catholic High School | 41.3 | 8.9% | 32.9% | 998 | 1.9 miles |
| Hawkley Hall High School | 40.4 | 9.2% | 24.9% | 1,170 | 1.9 miles |
| Outwood Academy Hindley | 40 | 10.6% | 35% | 908 | 2.2 miles |
| Dean Trust Wigan | 33.1 | 9% | 57.3% | 715 | 3.2 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.08%
- English as an additional language
- 16.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.72%
- Persistent absence
- 25.51%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College1.1 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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St John Fisher Catholic High School1.9 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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Hawkley Hall High School1.9 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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Outwood Academy Hindley2.2 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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Dean Trust Wigan3.2 miles
Secondary · Wigan
Other schools in Wigan
Dean Trust Rose Bridge ranks 12th of the 13 ranked secondary schools in Wigan.
- Cansfield High School 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
- Up Holland High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Dean Trust Rose Bridge teach?
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Wigan.
- Who is the headteacher of Dean Trust Rose Bridge?
- The headteacher of Dean Trust Rose Bridge is Miss Lucy Cropper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Dean Trust Rose Bridge been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dean Trust Rose Bridge, 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 Dean Trust Rose Bridge?
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge has 692 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Dean Trust Rose Bridge full?
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge has capacity for 750 pupils and 692 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Dean Trust Rose Bridge a faith school?
- No. Dean Trust Rose Bridge has no designated religious character.
- Is Dean Trust Rose Bridge part of an academy trust?
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge is part of THE DEAN TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Dean Trust Rose Bridge's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 36 in 2022/23 and 39.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dean Trust Rose Bridge compare with other schools in Wigan?
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge ranked 16th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dean Trust Rose Bridge's absence rate?
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dean Trust Rose Bridge's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dean Trust Rose Bridge'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.