Outstanding high school in Wigan gets top marks from inspectors

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Golborne High School in Wigan has celebrated attaining ‘Outstanding’ status following a recent visit from Ofsted. After numerous inspections rated them as ‘Good’ since 2006, the senior leadership team, the education quality, personal development strategy and outstanding behaviour has tipped them into the inspector’s highest ranking bracket.

This ‘journey to outstanding’ has been a collective effort according to the headteacher, who stated it has come from a ‘shared vision of excellence’.

Inspectors spoke to a number of pupils and highlighted how they had been helped through the coronavirus period by staff. They scored the Lowton Road school top marks in all departments. READ MORE: 'Today is a day we wished would never come': Tragedy as human remains found confirmed as missing dad Peter Baglin “Pupils benefit from highly supportive relationships with teachers,” the report from the inspection on January 12 said. “This helps pupils to feel happy and safe in school. “For example, pupils in Year 11 spoke highly about the help that they had received from staff about looking after their mental health during recent examinations.

Leaders deal swiftly and appropriately with any incidents of bullying or hurtful language.” The report also claimed that pupils at the school aspire to achieve highly ‘because leaders and staff expect the very best of them’.