Progress Arc Billinge School
Carr Mill Road, Billinge, Wigan, WN5 7TT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 7 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Ms Susan Fletcher
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 110
- Pupils on roll
- 42
- URN
- 104839
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744892551
About this school
Progress Arc Billinge School is an independent special school in Wigan. It teaches children aged 7 to 19 and has 42 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Progress Arc Billinge School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Progress Arc Billinge School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in February 1983, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 8 | 15 | 12 |
| Attainment 8 score | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Progress Arc Billinge School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | St. Helens average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.9 | 38.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.6 | 30.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | 52 |
| 2024/25 | 45 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 42
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
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Common questions
- What year groups does Progress Arc Billinge School teach?
- Progress Arc Billinge School teaches children aged 7 to 19. It is a special school in Wigan.
- Who is the principal of Progress Arc Billinge School?
- The principal of Progress Arc Billinge School is Ms Susan Fletcher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Progress Arc Billinge School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Progress Arc Billinge School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Progress Arc Billinge School?
- Progress Arc Billinge School has 42 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 19.
- Is Progress Arc Billinge School full?
- Progress Arc Billinge School has capacity for 110 pupils and 42 on roll (38%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Progress Arc Billinge School a faith school?
- No. Progress Arc Billinge School has no designated religious character.
- How have Progress Arc Billinge School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 4.1 in 2022/23 and 0.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Progress Arc Billinge School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Progress Arc Billinge School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.