Expanse Learning Wigan School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Wigan, WN3 5XF
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Hope School
Kelvin Grove, Marus Bridge, Wigan, WN3 6SP
Ofsted: Strong
Independent
Phase
200
Capacity
2-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 10 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 13
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 235
- Boys
- 143 (61%)
- Girls
- 90 (39%)
- Capacity
- 200 (117% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.2%
- EAL
- 6.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 98.3%
- SEN Support
- 1.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £30,766/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.9%
- Black African: 2.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Other: 1.3%
- White Traveller: 0.8%
85.9%
White British
2.6%
Black African
2.1%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Kelvin Grove
Wigan, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106543
- UKPRN
- 10015891
- Establishment No.
- 7002
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