Hope School
Special / other · Wigan · WN3 6SP
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 17 April 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
233 pupils · 100% of 200 capacity
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 43.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 1.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 98.3% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.hope.wigan.sch.uk
- URN
- 106543
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
19 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
no data
no data
GCSE results (2024/2025)
13 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
no pupils entered
no pupils entered
no pupils entered
no pupils entered
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 10 June 2025: S5 Inspection
- 16 April 2024: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 27 September 2018: School remains Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Marus Bridge Primary School
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan
- Winstanley Community Primary School
- Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School
- St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan
- Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
- Hawkley Hall High School