Wings School
Whassett, Milnthorpe, Milnthorpe, LA7 7DN
This school is closed (it closed in July 2024).
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 10 to 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Mr Donagh McKillop
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 50
- Pupils on roll
- 39
- URN
- 134191
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
About this school
Wings School was an independent special school in Milnthorpe. It taught children aged 10 to 17 and had 39 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Wings School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in April 2003, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 7 |
| Attainment 8 score | 7.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 |
Trends over time
How Wings 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | 39 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 32
- Pupils on SEN support
- 7
Location
Nearby schools
-
SwitchED23.8 miles
Special schools · Cumbria
-
Bleasdale School4.6 miles
Special schools · Carnforth
-
Appletree School5.4 miles
Special schools · Kendal
-
Oversands School6.0 miles
Special schools · Grange-over-Sands
-
Underley Garden School6.1 miles
Special schools · Carnforth
Other schools in Milnthorpe
- Beetham CofE Primary School Primary
- Milnthorpe Primary School Primary
- Storth CofE School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wings School teach?
- Wings School taught children aged 10 to 17. It was a special school in Milnthorpe.
- Has Wings School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Wings 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 Wings School?
- Wings School had 39 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 10 to 17.
- What are Wings School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wings 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 1 August 2024.