Hope School

State-Funded School

hope-school-wigan-north-west

North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

MakerfieldConstituency

WN3 6SPPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Hope School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Wigan, North West.

It currently serves 233 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

233

Total Pupils

61%Boys

39%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

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: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 233
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
17 Jul 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
17 Jul 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.