Up Holland High School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
PUPILS
845
AGES
11 - 16
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Community school
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

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The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils National School Census Data, ONS
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the last School Census collected by the Department for Education. It is a visualisation of where pupils lived at the time of the annual School Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The criteria in which schools use to allocate places in the event that they are oversubscribed can and do vary between schools and over time. These criteria can include distance from the school and sometimes specific catchment areas but can also include, amongst others, priority for siblings, children of a particular faith or specific feeder schools. Living in an area where children have previously attended a school does not guarantee admission to the school in future years. Always check with the school’s own admission authority for the current admission arrangements.

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  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(23/05/2023)
Full Report - All Reports
64%
NATIONAL AVG. 38%
5+ GCSEs grade 9-4 (standard pass or above) including English and maths



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Progress Compared With All Other Schools

UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 15% of schools in England) Below Average (About 18% of schools in England) Average (About 35% of schools in England) Above Average (About 16% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 16% of schools in England)

School Results Over Time

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% of pupils who achieved 5+ GCSEs grade 9-4
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% of pupils who achieved GCSE grade 5 or above in both English and maths
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Sandbrook Road
Orrell
Wigan
WN5 7AL
01695625191

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Since you took up post in September 2016 you have acted determinedly and successfully to raise standards. You and the governing body have not shied away from difficult staffing decisions which have improved teaching as well as the quality of senior and middle leadership. You have developed a strong senior leadership team with a balance of experience and new ideas. You have gained the loyalty of staff. They understand that the decisions that you made were for the long-term good of the school and they can already see the positive impact. They say that they are now much more accountable for pupils’ progress but feel well supported in making the necessary improvements. Along with the local authority and the governing body, you have rectified a significant budget deficit. You managed this while improving pupils’ standards and the quality of teaching. A significant factor in the deficit budget was falling pupil numbers. You have built strong community links and worked well with primary schools so that the declining trend has now reversed. The local authority and governing body reacted swiftly to work with you to address the disappointing examination results in 2017. The headteacher of an outstanding secondary school, who is a national leader of education (NLE), has worked effectively in partnership with you and the local authority to review weak areas and provide help and guidance for staff. The NLE also arranged direct and practical support from subject and aspect specialists. She said that the way in which you and your staff have embraced help and guidance is exemplary. She, the local authority and subject specialists returned to review the impact of their support and written reports indicate that it has been significant in improving pupils’ progress and the quality of teaching. Your leaders and teachers no longer need intensive external support to maintain good practice. You have introduced strong assessment systems which include standardisation involving subject departments, senior leaders and other schools. Staff are now confident that their assessments are accurate and will be reflected in GCSE results. Governors have an accurate view of the school’s strengths and weaknesses. They have reflected on their own effectiveness and have made changes to the way that they operate. They bring educational, business and financial skills to their role and now use these to hold you to account by asking forthright and detailed questions. Their systems for managing the performance of staff are now very effective. At the time of the last inspection, inspectors asked leaders to develop and share the effective teaching that exists in the school and ensure that teachers challenge pupils to think deeply. They also asked leaders to make sure that a greater proportion of pupils make better progress in mathematics and increase expectations of pupils in all subjects. In addition, the inspection report highlighted consistency of middle leadership as an area for improvement. You have addressed these areas with considerable success. You identified modern foreign languages as an area in which teaching and examination results have been consistently very strong. To share this practice with less successful subject departments, you seconded the head of modern foreign languages to the senior leadership team and gave her responsibility for developing more effective teaching and subject leadership. She has been very effective in disseminating ways of planning learning and of monitoring the quality of teaching and the progress of pupils. Most importantly, she has given teachers in other departments opportunities to observe and develop effective teaching strategies. The links arranged by the local authority have complemented this work. Your staff have also benefited from observing best practice by subject leaders and senior staff from an outstanding high school in a neighbouring local authority. Developing pupils’ deeper thinking has been a considerable focus for continuing professional development, particularly in relation to teachers questioning pupils skilfully to extend their knowledge and understanding. This strategy has contributed to the improved progress which the considerable proportion of most-able pupils currently in the school have made. Teachers’ expectations of pupils across all subjects have increased. In mathematics, expectations of how pupils use reasoning to solve problems are now high and better match the demands of the new GCSE examinations. The appointment of a lead practitioner in mathematics has increased the capacity of the department to continue and extend improvements and share best practice.

Up Holland High School Parent Reviews



unlock % Parents Recommend This School
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>37, "agree"=>45, "disagree"=>10, "strongly_disagree"=>6, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>42, "agree"=>47, "disagree"=>8, "strongly_disagree"=>3, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>35, "agree"=>41, "disagree"=>17, "strongly_disagree"=>3, "dont_know"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
My Child Has Not Been Bullied Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"my_child_has_not_been_bullied"=>58, "strongly_agree"=>9, "agree"=>12, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>8, "dont_know"=>8} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>35, "agree"=>42, "disagree"=>21, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
I Have Not Raised Any Concerns Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"i_have_not_raised_any_concerns"=>19, "strongly_agree"=>27, "agree"=>28, "disagree"=>18, "strongly_disagree"=>6, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>44, "agree"=>25, "disagree"=>25, "strongly_disagree"=>6, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 16 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>47, "agree"=>38, "disagree"=>12, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>38, "agree"=>44, "disagree"=>12, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>5} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>44, "agree"=>45, "disagree"=>10, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>45, "agree"=>46, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>53, "agree"=>42, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>4} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>42, "agree"=>38, "disagree"=>15, "strongly_disagree"=>1, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023
Yes No {"yes"=>74, "no"=>26} UNLOCK Figures based on 78 responses up to 25-05-2023

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