The Byrchall High School

Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire, WN4 9PQ

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About this school

The Byrchall High School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Wigan, Lancashire. The school has 1,075 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 13 September 2022). Last inspected 13 September 2022. The Headteacher is Philippe Paul. The school is administered by Wigan local authority. It belongs to MAKERFIELD ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 September 2012.

School details

Headteacher

Philippe Paul

Trust

MAKERFIELD ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Wigan

Gender

Mixed

URN

138699

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Byrchall 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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