The Byrchall High School
Warrington Road, Wigan, WN4 9PQ
1,138 pupils · 94% of 1,216 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- MAKERFIELD ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Free school meals
- 33.7%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 13 September 2022, published 9 November 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 41.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 39% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 56.7% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 11.2% |
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?
Oversubscribed — 1.26 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 250 | 315 | 721 | 250 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 251 | 246 | 639 | 251 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 256 | 236 | 686 | 256 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 167 | 128 | 518 | 165 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 153 | 97 | 459 | 149 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 166 | 127 | 519 | 165 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 167 | 129 | 554 | 162 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 220 | 182 | 577 | 220 |
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
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield 0.1 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Cansfield High School 1.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Hope Academy 2.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Outwood Academy Haydock 3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Golborne High School 3.6 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Hawkley Hall High School 4.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
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 20 July 2026. Report incorrect data.