Lowton Church of England High School

Newton Road, Lowton, Wigan, Cheshire, WA3 1DU

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About this school

Lowton Church of England High School is a Foundation school serving secondary age pupils, located in Wigan, Cheshire. The school has 819 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 21 March 2023). Last inspected 21 March 2023. The Headteacher is Jane Galbraith. The school is administered by Wigan local authority. The school has a Church of England religious character. It opened in 1 January 2012.

School details

Headteacher

Jane Galbraith

Local authority

Wigan

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

URN

137783

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Lowton Church of England High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Wigan). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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