Cansfield High School
Old Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9TP
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 974 (543 boys, 431 girls)
- Capacity: 1012
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 28.9%
- Telephone: 01942727391
- Ofsted: Good (12 Jun 2024)
- Attainment 8: 41.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 381 applications, 172 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
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- Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- St Thomas CofE Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (0.8 miles, straight line)
