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The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College

URN
106534
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
URN
106534
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

59 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

52

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

53

Destinations

62

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#13 of 18 schools in Wigan

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: Moderate confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

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  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Offer probability
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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
6 July 2022
Inspection date
19 May 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 6 July 2022

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

243

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

729

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

243

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Wigan
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Wigan)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.deanery.wigan.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Wigan to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

45.7

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

40.2%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

65.5%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

8.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

WN1 1HQ - Frog Lane, Wigan, Lancashire

Contact details

Address
Frog Lane, Wigan, Lancashire
Postcode
WN1 1HQ
Phone
1942768801
Website
www.deanery.wigan.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Wigan
Local authority code
359

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 259 schools in Wigan.

Authority statistics

Total schools

259

Open schools

145

Closed schools

114

Primary schools

162

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    6 July 202219 May 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 6 July 2022
    • School remains Good

      Published
      6 July 2022
      Inspected
      19 May 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    33.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 232

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    3.6%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    27.2

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.12

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    13.3%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    88.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    4.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    3.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    42

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary162 (63.0%)
    • Secondary42 (16.3%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other53 (20.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Wigan and Leigh College192 m16 plusOpen
    Wigan UTC299 mSecondaryClosed
    Progress Schools Wigan306 mNot applicableOpen
    Kingsway School607 mNot applicableClosed
    The Beechwood Centre610 mNot applicableClosed
    Rathbone Training Wigan700 mNot applicableClosed
    TMP College731 mNot applicableOpen
    St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School762 mPrimaryOpen
    Mab's Cross Primary School814 mPrimaryOpen
    Douglas Valley Nursery School925 mNurseryOpen
    • Wigan and Leigh College
      Distance
      192 m
      Phase
      16 plus
      Status
      Open
    • Wigan UTC
      Distance
      299 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Progress Schools Wigan
      Distance
      306 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Kingsway School
      Distance
      607 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Wigan)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abraham Guest AcademySecondaryWN5 0DQClosed
    Abraham Guest High SchoolSecondaryWN5 0DQClosed
    Aspull High SchoolSecondary-Closed
    Atherton High SchoolSecondaryM46 0AYOpen
    Bedford High SchoolSecondaryWN7 2LUOpen
    • Abraham Guest Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      WN5 0DQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Abraham Guest High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      WN5 0DQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Aspull High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      -
      Status
      Closed
    • Atherton High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      M46 0AY
      Status
      Open
    • Bedford High School
    The Beechwood Centre
    Distance
    610 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Rathbone Training Wigan
    Distance
    700 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • TMP College
    Distance
    731 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    762 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Mab's Cross Primary School
    Distance
    814 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Douglas Valley Nursery School
    Distance
    925 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    WN7 2LU
    Status
    Open