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Dean Trust Rose Bridge

URN
146797
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Dean Trust Rose Bridge
URN
146797
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

55 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

44

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

60

Destinations

38

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#16 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: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate 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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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • 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.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Dean Trust Rose Bridge

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

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

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Dean Trust Rose Bridge

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
13 May 2025
Inspection date
25 March 2025
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 13 May 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 13 May 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate 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)

136

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

157

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

94

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.15×

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
https://www.deantrustrosebridge.co.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

39.7

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

29.2%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

53.8%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

48.5%

EBacc achievement

Location

WN1 3HD - Holt Street, Ince, Wigan, Greater Manchester

Contact details

Address
Holt Street, Ince, Wigan, Greater Manchester
Postcode
WN1 3HD
Phone
1942510712
Website
https://www.deantrustrosebridge.co.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.
  • Good

    Graded 13 May 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 13 May 2025

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    Inspection history

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

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    13 May 202525 March 2025Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1InspectionView report for inspection published 13 May 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      13 May 2025
      Inspected
      25 March 2025
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

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

    Offer rate

    59.9%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 86

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

    EBacc achievement

    9.2%

    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 %

    73.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    10.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    10.0%

    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
    Rose Bridge Academy36 mSecondaryClosed
    Rose Bridge High School36 mSecondaryClosed
    CEWE School391 mNot applicableOpen
    St Catharine's CofE Primary School453 mPrimaryOpen
    St William's Catholic Primary School636 mPrimaryOpen
    St Patrick's Catholic Primary School674 mPrimaryOpen
    Ince CofE Primary School686 mPrimaryOpen
    Douglas Valley Nursery School965 mNurseryOpen
    Whelley Middle School1.0 kmMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    St Stephen's CofE Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryClosed
    • Rose Bridge Academy
      Distance
      36 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Rose Bridge High School
      Distance
      36 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • CEWE School
      Distance
      391 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • St Catharine's CofE Primary School
      Distance
      453 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    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
    St William's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    636 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    674 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Ince CofE Primary School
    Distance
    686 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Douglas Valley Nursery School
    Distance
    965 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • Whelley Middle School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Middle deemed secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Stephen's CofE Primary School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    WN7 2LU
    Status
    Open