St John Fisher Catholic High School
Voluntary aided secondary school in Wigan (Wigan).
Attainment 8
45.5
▼ 0.7 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
34%
▼ 12pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
91.1%
▼ 0.5pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
16.1
▼ 0.6 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
33.4%
▲ 6pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
13.7%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
100%
998 / 1,000 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Report card
inspected Mar 2026
Location
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Enrichment
9 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basketball
- Cooking
- Dance
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Football
- Netball
- Rugby
- Accelerated Reader
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 106535
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (12 current, 2 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Fairhurst | Chair of Governors | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Christopher Fairhurst Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Danielle Walls | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Christian Burke | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Steve Coyle | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Zoe Gibson | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Michael Sharkey | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Janet Baron | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Peter McGuire | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Paula Nolan | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Victoria Brown | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Catherine Staunton-Unsworth | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Alison Rigby | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
| Mr David Mallin Former | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
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