Outwood Academy Hindley
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.572 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2010–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Outwood Academy Hindley is a secondary school in Wigan for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2010 to 2026 entry.
Outwood Academy Hindley 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 | 1.572 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 9 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- At 1.572 miles, the Year 7 2026 last distance offered was the 5th shortest of the 12 Wigan secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance has swung sharply, most between 2025 and 2026, and every applicant was offered a place in 8 of the 17 years with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 172 first-choice applications for 176 offers; 158 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 40 (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
- Mornington Road, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 4LG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 908 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are welcomed by smiling staff as they cross the purple line at the school’s entrance each morning.”
- “These friendly greetings ensure that pupils’ first experience of school each day is a positive one.”
- “The strong relationships between staff and pupils exemplify the school’s culture of care.”
To improve
- “However, at times, some teachers do not accurately identify when pupils have not understood important knowledge.”
- “Occasionally, learning moves on before some pupils are ready.”
- “However, the school’s approach to supporting pupils in key stage 4 who find reading difficult is underdeveloped.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 January 2025 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40 | 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: 172 first-preference applications, 176 offers in total, 158 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 Westleigh School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Atherton High School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hawkley Hall High School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Golborne High School 3.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Fred Longworth High School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lowton Church of England High School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published