Cansfield High School is a state-maintained secondary school in Wigan, United Kingdom with 974 pupils. Ofsted: Good, inspected 12 June 2024. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Nursery Practitioner (closes 15 November) and Nursery Practitioner – Level 3 – First Steps at Cansfield Nursery (closes 17 November).
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Head
Nicola Daniels, Headteacher
Type
State-maintained, Secondary
Pupils
974 pupils · 44% girls · 28.9% eligible for free school meals · 4.0% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
207 (21.3%) on SEN support · 47 (4.8%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
First Steps Nursery, based at Cansfield High School, is seeking a caring, enthusiastic and dedicated Nursery Practitioner (Level 2/3) to join our team on a fixed‑term basis to…
First Steps at Cansfield Nursery are looking to appoint a L3 Nursery Practitioner to join their team. **Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the date advertised if…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
41.7
36.3%
2024/25
44.4
40.9%
2023/24
41.5
31.8%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
12 June 2024
Graded inspection
Good
23 January 2019
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
56.0
17.4
–
0
£50,059
2024/25
62.2
16.7
16%
0
£45,611
2023/24
67.2
15.7
25%
0
£44,414
2022/23
61.3
17.0
25%
0
£42,853
2021/22
65.4
15.7
18%
0
£39,527
2020/21
58.7
17.2
13%
0
£42,395
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
54.4
18.2
14%
0
£42,800
2018/19
58.3
16.5
16%
0
£40,580
2017/18
64.1
15.0
18%
0
£41,520
2016/17
65.4
14.7
18%
0
£40,735
2015/16
66.3
14.4
15%
0
£40,087
2014/15
65.5
14.6
12%
0
£37,127
2013/14
54.7
17.6
13%
0
£40,182
2012/13
61.8
15.8
18%
0
£39,817
2011/12
62.2
15.9
7%
0
£38,641
2010/11
72.2
13.5
14%
0
£37,811
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
7.2%
2.4%
18.6%
2.5%
2024/25
6.5%
2.0%
18.7%
2.1%
2023/24
7.6%
2.0%
21.3%
2.4%
2022/23
7.2%
1.7%
22.6%
1.1%
2021/22
8.7%
1.8%
29.2%
1.4%
2020/21
2.5%
0.6%
5.7%
0.4%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.1%
1.3%
8.2%
0.6%
2017/18
4.9%
1.1%
11.8%
0.3%
2016/17
4.9%
1.3%
13.5%
0.3%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
9 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 7 teaching, 2 support. Most often advertised: Nursery Practitioner (2), Teacher of Mathematics (2), Design Technology Technician. Last advertised October 2026.
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