Waterloo Lodge
173 Preston Road, Whittle-Le-Woods, PR6 7AX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 9 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Head of School
- Mrs Helen Rigby
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 55
- Pupils on roll
- 41
- URN
- 119853
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01257230894
About this school
Waterloo Lodge is an independent special school in Lancashire. It teaches children aged 9 to 18 and has 41 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Waterloo Lodge under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Waterloo Lodge has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in July 1995, 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 | 15 | 20 | 18 |
| Attainment 8 score | 4.0 | 5.7 | 7.2 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 5% | 11.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
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 Waterloo Lodge has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.7 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 7.2 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | 45 |
| 2024/25 | 43 |
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
- 41
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oliver House School1.0 miles
Special schools · Chorley
-
Mayfield House School1.2 miles
Special schools
-
Chorley Astley Park School1.2 miles
Special schools · Chorley
-
Lancashire College of Adult Education1.4 miles
Other types · Chorley
-
Mayfield School2.0 miles
Special schools · Chorley
Common questions
- What ages does Waterloo Lodge teach?
- Waterloo Lodge teaches children aged 9 to 18. It is a special school in Lancashire.
- Who is the head of school of Waterloo Lodge?
- The head of school of Waterloo Lodge is Mrs Helen Rigby, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Waterloo Lodge been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Waterloo Lodge 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 Waterloo Lodge?
- Waterloo Lodge has 41 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 18.
- Is Waterloo Lodge full?
- Waterloo Lodge has capacity for 55 pupils and 41 on roll (75%), 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 Waterloo Lodge a faith school?
- No. Waterloo Lodge has no designated religious character.
- How have Waterloo Lodge's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 4 in 2022/23 and 7.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Waterloo Lodge's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Waterloo Lodge'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.