Hawkley Hall High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.298 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2010–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hawkley Hall High School is a secondary school in Wigan for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2010 to 2026 entry.
Hawkley Hall High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.298 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.298 miles away, the 4th longest of 12 Wigan secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 last distances swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was about the same as in 2011.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, 195 first-choice applications for 210 offers: 194 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with Attainment 8 score 40.4 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wigan schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Carr Lane, Hawkley Hall, Wigan, WN3 5NY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 1,170 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are polite and considerate.”
- “Most pupils are proud to act out the school’s values of respect, honesty and kindness.”
- “They make a positive contribution to the calm atmosphere that exists at the school.”
To improve
- “On occasion, the detailed information that the school holds about the needs of some pupils is not used sufficiently well by some staff.”
- “When this happens, some pupils do not receive the help that they need to achieve as well as they could.”
- “However, at times, staff do not promptly address the gaps and misconceptions that some pupils have about their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 195 first-preference applications, 210 offers in total, 194 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wigan.
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cansfield High School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic High School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Trust Wigan 2.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Byrchall High School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic High School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published