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GCSE league table: Wigan

Ranked on 2026 GCSE results: Attainment 8, the average grade across eight GCSEs. Each school's place among Wigan's schools of the same phase with a published figure.

19 schools ranked. England: 47.4; Wigan: 46.1. Source: DfE school performance tables. Built 16 October 2026.

PlaceSchoolTownAttainment 8Rank in Wigan
1Standish Community High SchoolWigan51.91st (1/19)
2St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-MakerfieldWigan50.4Top 11% (2/19)
3Shevington High SchoolWigan50.4Top 16% (3/19)
4Bedford High SchoolLeigh49.2Top 22% (4/19)
5St Peter's Catholic High SchoolWigan49.2Top 27% (5/19)
6Lowton Church of England High SchoolWarrington49.2Top 32% (6/19)
7Fred Longworth High SchoolManchester47.9Top 37% (7/19)
8St Mary's Catholic High SchoolManchester47.1Top 43% (8/19)
9Atherton High SchoolAtherton46.2Top 48% (9/19)
10St John Fisher Catholic High SchoolWigan45.5(10/19)
11The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form CollegeWigan45.2(11/19)
12Golborne High SchoolWarrington45.1(12/19)
13The Westleigh SchoolLeigh45.0(13/19)
14Outwood Academy HindleyWigan44.3(14/19)
15The Byrchall High SchoolWigan42.8(15/19)
16Hawkley Hall High SchoolWigan41.9(16/19)
17Cansfield High SchoolWigan41.7(17/19)
18Dean Trust Rose BridgeWigan38.9(18/19)
19Dean Trust WiganWigan37.5(19/19)

How the table is worked out

Ranked on 2026 GCSE results: Attainment 8, the average grade across eight GCSEs. One year and one figure: each school's place among Wigan's secondaries with a published figure that year; the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths breaks a tie. Schools on the same figures share a place. A school whose figure DfE hides (a small year group) or does not publish is not ranked, never put last. Source: DfE school performance tables.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. All sources.