Introduction from the Headteacher

Welcome to Fred Longworth High School. Our aim is simple – to inspire all our students to achieve their best through “belonging, engaging and succeeding together”.

We have a tradition of achieving excellent examination results and students are given a strong head start in life. Excellent teaching is at the heart of our success. Committed and enthusiastic teachers deliver high quality, enjoyable lessons that encourage a lifelong love of learning.

Read more … or See our Prospectus …

Ofsted Report of Inspection 21/22 November 2017

Please click to see the letter to parents’ from Mrs Garretts regarding the Ofsted report.

You can also download or view the letter as a PDF and also view the full report here in the same format.

All of our Ofsted reports can be accessed from the Information section of the website.

SIMS Online – for Parents

*** For the Academic Year 2017/18, we are introducing our new ‘SIMS Parent App’ ***

From September 2017 we’ll be inviting you to download our new apps or use our new SIMS Online website for sharing information with you about your child’s school life. The new app will allow you to monitor your child’s progress in school more closely than ever before. You will have immediate access to your child’s attendance and behaviour records and interim reports.

If you haven’t received an invite to use the SIMS App, use this address to apply (click the e-mail address to compose your message) simsappregistration@flhs.wigan.sch.uk
[You may also click here to fill up a PDF application form, save it and then attach it to the e-mail request.]

To view a letter to parents’ click here, or to obtain more details, click here to move to our dedicated page.

If you are having difficulty logging in to the SIMS App see this FAQ page for further information.

Curriculum Evenings

Copies of the presentations from the Curriculum Evenings are available for download

• Year 11 (14 September 2017) [Click for PDF document]
• Year 10 (7 December 2017) [Click for PDF Document]
• Year 9 (5 October 2017) [Click for PDF document]
• Year 8 (25 January 2018) – Options & Parents’ Evening [Click here to access all documents]
• Year 7 (19 October 2017) [Click for PDF document]

Information about the new GCSE Grades

Some useful information has been published concerning the new grading structure of GCSE examiniations and we are providing links below.

GCSEs are Changing (Link to HM Government Information)

Explanatory ‘Factsheet’ on the changes (Link to PDF document)