Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Wigan
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry328 applications · 210 places offered · 195 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Wigan median median 2.2
- 2024 1.6; Wigan median median 2.2
- 2023 1.6; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2022 1.5; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2021 1.5; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2020 1.6; Wigan median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2018 1.4; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2017 1.6; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2016 1.9; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2015 1.8; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2014 1.7; Wigan median median 2.2
- This school
- Wigan median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 210 | 328 | 1.6 | 195 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 214 | 327 | 1.5 | 191 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 226 | 351 | 1.6 | 224 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 222 | 364 | 1.6 | 252 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 | 238 | 355 | 1.5 | 252 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2021 | 245 | 370 | 1.5 | 256 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2020 | 221 | 359 | 1.6 | 230 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 | 223 | 376 | 1.7 | 238 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 225 | 322 | 1.4 | 232 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 | 222 | 349 | 1.6 | 229 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 193 | 365 | 1.9 | 236 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2015 | 186 | 341 | 1.8 | 227 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2014 | 194 | 332 | 1.7 | 219 | 1.13 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 238 | 41.9 | 46% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 220 | 40.4 | 37% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 221 | 44.9 | 46% | 69% | −0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 225 | 41.5 | 38% | 64% | −0.54 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hawkley Hall High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 20263.0applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · WiganGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · WiganGood20242.2applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Wigan20262.1applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Wigan20261.2applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 20261.9applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · WiganGood20222.9applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · WiganGood20242.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138110 · 359/4035
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,184 pupils · 1,170 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 May 2012
- Replaced
- Hawkley Hall High School (URN 106532)
- Address
- Carr Lane, Hawkley Hall, Wigan, WN3 5NY
- Local authority
- Wigan
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources