The Parks School
Other independent special school · Ages 11–16 · Hindley, Wigan
The Parks School is an independent special school in Hindley, Wigan for ages 11–16.
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Key facts
- Address
- Market Street, Hindley, Hindley, WN2 3AN
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 21 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- z of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Strengths
- “The school has established an ambitious curriculum for pupils to study.”
- “It has high expectations for pupils’ achievement.”
- “From their different starting points, pupils achieve well.”
To improve
- “Pupils have many gaps in their learning due to interrupted attendance at, or exclusion from, their previous schools.”
- “However, the school does not check and address the gaps that pupils have in their previous learning well enough.”
- “Sometimes, pupils learn new content without the prior knowledge that they need to fully understand this new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Wigan.
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