Hebden Green Community School
Woodford Lane West, Winsford, CW7 4EJ
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Hebden Green Community School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Ashley
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Pupils on roll
- 136
- URN
- 111505
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
About this school
Hebden Green Community School was a community special school in Winsford. It taught children aged 2 to 19 and had 136 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hebden Green Community School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 15 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 10% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 10% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 93.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -7.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -8.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Hebden Green Community 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 | Cheshire West and Chester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 133 |
| 2023/24 | 135 |
| 2024/25 | 136 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.18%
- English as an additional language
- 4.4%
- Overall absence
- 11.96%
- Persistent absence
- 36.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hebden Green Community School0.0 miles
Academies · Winsford
-
Oaklands School0.4 miles
Special schools · Winsford
-
Jefferson House1.0 miles
Independent schools · Winsford
-
Petty Pool College3.4 miles
Other types · Northwich
-
Cloughwood Academy4.5 miles
Academies · Northwich
Other schools in Winsford
- Hebden Green Community School Academies
- Oaklands School Special schools
- Darnhall Primary School Primary
- Grange Community Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Over Hall Community School Primary
- Over St John's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St. Chad's Church of England Primary and Nursery School Primary
- The Oak View Academy Primary
- Wharton CofE Primary School Primary
- Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Winsford High Street Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Hebden Green Community School teach?
- Hebden Green Community School taught children aged 2 to 19. It was a special school in Winsford.
- Has Hebden Green Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hebden Green Community 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 many pupils are at Hebden Green Community School?
- Hebden Green Community School had 136 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- How have Hebden Green Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hebden Green Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hebden Green Community 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 7 July 2025.