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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield

Secondary Local authority maintained school in Wigan WN4 9PF

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  • School Reference Number: 106540
  • Address: Rookery Avenue, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9PF
  • Headteacher: Mr Mark Dumican
  • Telephone: 01942 728651
  • Website: arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk
  • Type: Local authority maintained schools
  • Sub-Type: Voluntary aided school
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 1,254
  • Local Education Authority: Wigan
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 16
  • Religious Ethos: Christian
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 26/01/2012

Rating published on 17/02/2012

Overall effectiveness: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
16 November 2021 21 January 2022 School inspection
1 February 2017 17 February 2017 Short inspection
4 March 2014 26 March 2014 Curriculum and development visit
26 January 2012 17 February 2012 Full inspection Good
30 June 2010 22 July 2010 Interim assessment
8 December 2009 14 January 2010 Curriculum and development visit
25 April 2007 17 May 2007 Full inspection Good
5 February 2001 16 May 2001 Full inspection

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Unique Reference Number106540
Local Authority Code359
Local Authority NameWigan
Establishment Number4805
School / College NameSt Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Establishment Type Code02
Establishment typeVoluntary aided school
Establishment Type Group Code4
Establishment Type GroupLocal authority maintained schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code00
Reason establishment openedNot applicable
Open date
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low11
Age range High16
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code03
Religious characterRoman Catholic
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese CodeRC11
DioceseArchdiocese of Liverpool
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity1,254
Special Classes Code2
Special classesNo Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils1,211
Number of Boys629
Number of Girls582
Percentage Free School Meals11.60
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot under a federation
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10017746
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date24-09-2024
StreetRookery Avenue
LocalityAshton-in-Makerfield
Address3
TownWigan
County (name)Lancashire
PostcodeWN4 9PF
Websitehttp://www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk
Telephone01942728651
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameMark
Headteacher/Principal last nameDumican
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE08000010
DistrictWigan
Ward CodeE05014990
WardAshton-in-Makerfield South
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001350
Parliamentary ConstituencyMakerfield
Urban/Rural CodeA1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
GSS LA CodeE08000010
Easting357636
Northing398614
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Wigan 036
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Wigan 036B
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN100012854957
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02001322
LSOA CodeE01006225
Free School Meals141
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN106540
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/106540
LAESTAB3594805
School nameSt Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationVoluntary Aided School
School open dateN/A
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterRoman Catholic
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingChristian
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authorityWigan
Parliamentary constituencyMakerfield
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeWN4 9PF
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile3
Total number of pupils1,211
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age16
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspection10204450
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of the ungraded inspection106540
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspection3594805
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionSt Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionVoluntary Aided School
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspection2
Date of latest ungraded inspection17/11/2021
Ungraded inspection publication date20/01/2022
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?No
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeSchool remains Good
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspectionITS377421
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date26/01/2012
Publication date17/02/2012
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection106540
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection3594805
School name at time of latest graded inspectionSt Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
School type at time of latest graded inspectionVoluntary Aided School
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?N/A
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS287544
Previous inspection start date25/04/2007
Previous publication date17/05/2007
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection106540
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection3594805
School name at time of previous graded inspectionSt Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
School type at time of previous graded inspectionVoluntary Aided School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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