Bedford High School
Manchester Road, Leigh, WN7 2LU
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,111 (556 boys, 555 girls)
- Capacity: 1210
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 40.2%
- Telephone: 01942909009
- Ofsted: Good (3 Oct 2023)
- Attainment 8: 49.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 493 applications, 179 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.
Other schools in Wigan
- St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh (0.8 miles, straight line)
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles, straight line)
- St Mary's Catholic High School (1.1 miles, straight line)
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington (1.2 miles, straight line)
