North West
Special schools in Wigan
138 schools, 48,266 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 36.6.
Ofsted across Wigan
Good66
Outstanding12
Requires improvement2
No overall grade58
80 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 58 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Wigan
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEWE SchoolOther independent special school | Greater Manchester | No grade | — |
| Cambian Tyldesley SchoolOther independent special school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Expanse Learning Wigan SchoolOther independent special school | Wigan | No grade | — |
| Hope SchoolCommunity special school | Wigan | No grade | — |
| Infinite Schools WiganOther independent special school | Wigan | No grade | — |
| Landgate School, BrynCommunity special school | Wigan | No grade | — |
| Martha H SchoolOther independent special school | Wigan | No grade | — |
| My Oasis Therapeutic Alternative ProvisionOther independent special school | Wigan | No grade | — |
| Newbridge Learning CommunityCommunity special school | Wigan | Good 2024 | — |
| Oakfield High School and CollegeCommunity special school | Wigan | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Rowan Tree Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| The Holden SchoolOther independent special school | Leigh | No grade | — |
| The Parks SchoolOther independent special school | Hindley | No grade | — |
| Willow Grove Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Wigan | Good 2023 | — |