Hawkley Hall High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 13 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wigan
Unique reference
138110
Address
Carr Lane, Hawkley Hall, WN3 5NY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1177 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.4%
Girls
48.6%
First language not English
5.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.6%
Persistent absence
22.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.8%
Mixed 2.8%
Other 1.9%
Other White 1.4%
African 1.1%
Other Asian 0.7%
Pakistani 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.54
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.39
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.5
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.36
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE31
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE54
Design & TechnologyGCSE9
DanceGCSE5
Applied EngineeringGCSE31
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hawkley Hall High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
226
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
224
2nd preference
78
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
217
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
227
113
114
Year 8
251
136
115
Year 9
247
129
118
Year 10
230
126
104
Year 11
222
101
121
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
82.8%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
40.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
6.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
48.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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