The Byrchall High School
Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9PQ
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,138 (581 boys, 557 girls)
- Capacity: 1216
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 33.7%
- Telephone: 01942728221
- Ofsted: Good (13 Sep 2022)
- Attainment 8: 42.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 721 applications, 250 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 Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (0.1 miles, straight line)
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- R L Hughes Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- St Thomas CofE Primary School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Cansfield High School (0.9 miles, straight line)
- Nicol Mere School (1.1 miles, straight line)
