Atherton High School
Free schools · 561 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
Academy sponsor led
Outwood Academy Hindley
- Pupils on roll
- 908of 935 places
- Free school meals
- 36.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 182
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 3 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hindley High School (URN 106528, until 1 January 2022).
What the data says
Outwood Academy Hindley has no sixth form. Of the 173 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 53% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.0 against 46.1 across England and 43.4 in Wigan, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wigan and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Outwood Academy Hindley | Wigan | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 173 | 3,620 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Outwood Academy Hindley | Wigan | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.0 | 43.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 20% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.38 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.2 | 33.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.9 | 47.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 181 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 69% |
| English Literature | 181 | 99% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 59% |
| Mathematics | 181 | 99% | 88% | 4% | 22% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 147 | 81% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 42% |
| History | 128 | 70% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 58% |
| Art and Design | 50 | 27% | 7% | 24% | 24% | 80% |
| Geography | 43 | 24% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 33% |
| Physics | 30 | 16% | 23% | 10% | 46% | 87% |
| Biology | 27 | 15% | 23% | 15% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 15% | 23% | 26% | 47% | 96% |
| Music | 26 | 14% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| Spanish | 22 | 12% | 19% | 14% | 27% | 82% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 11% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 55% |
| Religious Studies | 17 | 9% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 76% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 9% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 63% |
| French | 14 | 8% | 18% | 29% | 29% | 79% |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 47 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 24 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Wigan
Bedford High School
Community school · 1,111 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Cansfield High School
Community school · 974 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Academy sponsor led · 692 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Dean Trust Wigan
Academy sponsor led · 715 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.1
Fred Longworth High School
Academy converter · 1,283 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.