St John Fisher Catholic High School

Baytree Road, Wigan, WN6 7RN

998 pupils · 100% of 1,000 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Voluntary aided school
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Local authority
Wigan
Free school meals
33.4%

Ofsted

Good (2021)Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 11 November 2021, published 17 January 2022. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score41.3
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)34.9%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)55.2%
Entering the English Baccalaureate16.1%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 1.04 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry194201408194
Sept 2025 entry193221433193
Sept 2024 entry198216412198
Sept 2023 entry201192376201
Sept 2022 entry200199393200
Sept 2021 entry207187372206
Sept 2020 entry197184373197
Sept 2019 entry193200389193

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.