GCSE results 2026

Wigan GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 19 state secondary schools in Wigan, 3,756 pupils. Wigan ranks 94 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.7 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

44.1%

3.7 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

10.7%

4.0 pts below England

Attainment 8

46.1

1.5 points below England

Council rank

94 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Wigan at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Standish Community High School (51.9).
Schools range from 37.5 to 51.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 14.4 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 37.3, 12.4 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Bedford High School (44.0).
Most improved on 2025: The Westleigh School, up 8.6 points to 45.0.

Every Wigan secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Standish Community High School	254	51.9	+2.2	76.8%	55.1%	18.1%	41.5
2	Shevington High School	170	50.4	+1.4	69.4%	45.9%	11.2%	42.8
3	St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-MakerfieldRoman Catholic	237	50.4	+1.3	75.5%	53.6%	11.0%	40.9
4	Bedford High School	203	49.2	+3.7	65.0%	49.3%	17.7%	44.0
5	Lowton Church of England High SchoolChurch of England	159	49.2	+1.7	64.8%	39.6%	11.9%	35.6
6	St Peter's Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	199	49.2	−1.9	74.9%	47.2%	11.1%	33.6
7	Fred Longworth High School	247	47.9	+2.0	68.4%	50.2%	11.7%	37.0
8	St Mary's Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	253	47.1	+2.9	70.4%	45.8%	12.6%	38.2
9	Atherton High School	102	46.2	+6.9	63.7%	38.2%	9.8%	42.3
10	St John Fisher Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	200	45.5	+4.2	59.5%	34.0%	7.5%	41.8
11	The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form CollegeChurch of England	239	45.2	−0.5	66.1%	44.8%	10.0%	34.4
12	Golborne High School	227	45.1	−5.0	64.3%	47.6%	10.1%	37.3
13	The Westleigh School	180	45.0	+8.6	62.8%	43.3%	12.2%	41.2
14	Outwood Academy Hindley	180	44.3	+4.3	66.7%	42.8%	9.4%	35.8
15	The Byrchall High School	202	42.8	+1.5	57.4%	38.1%	12.9%	33.0
16	Hawkley Hall High School	238	41.9	+1.5	62.6%	46.2%	8.0%	29.2
17	Cansfield High School	204	41.7	−2.7	59.3%	36.3%	2.9%	32.8
18	Dean Trust Rose Bridge	123	38.9	−0.8	50.4%	34.1%	4.9%	34.2
19	Dean Trust Wigan	139	37.5	+4.4	46.8%	25.2%	2.9%	35.4
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Wigan against the rest of the North West

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.