Hillside Specialist School and College

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Ribble ValleyConstituency

PR3 3XBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Hillside Specialist School and College is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 117 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

13%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

117

Total Pupils

75%Boys

25%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 117
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 6 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 Mar 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.