Voluntary aided school · Wigan
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Secondary
- Ages 11–16
- Roman Catholic
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Wigan council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 258 families put this school as their first choice, and 233 places were offered. 224 of the families who put it first got a place (87%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 233 | 258 | 87% |
| September 2025 | 227 | 223 | 98% |
| September 2024 | 236 | 222 | 100% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Stagecoach St Helens. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 3 March 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 1204 (capacity 1250)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Phone
- 01942728651
- Address
- Rookery Avenue, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9PF
- Website
- arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.