Landgate School, Bryn
Landgate Lane, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 0EP
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Head Teacher
- Mrs Sue Allen
- Federation
- The Aspire Federation
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 131
- Pupils on roll
- 177
- URN
- 134297
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01942776688
About this school
Landgate School, Bryn is a community special school in Wigan. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 177 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Landgate School, Bryn, and its latest judgement is set out below. 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | - | 0% | 9% |
| Expected standard in maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | 0% | 27% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | 93.0 | 94.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | 90.0 | 93.0 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| 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 Landgate School, Bryn has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wigan average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 62.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 62.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 116 |
| 2023/24 | 129 |
| 2024/25 | 139 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.59%
- English as an additional language
- 5%
- Overall absence
- 10%
- Persistent absence
- 30.7%
Location
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Common questions
- What ages does Landgate School, Bryn teach?
- Landgate School, Bryn teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Wigan.
- Who is the executive head teacher of Landgate School, Bryn?
- The executive head teacher of Landgate School, Bryn is Mrs Sue Allen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Landgate School, Bryn been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Landgate School, Bryn, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Landgate School, Bryn?
- Landgate School, Bryn has 177 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Landgate School, Bryn full?
- Landgate School, Bryn has capacity for 131 pupils and 177 on roll (135%), so it is at or above 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 Landgate School, Bryn a faith school?
- No. Landgate School, Bryn has no designated religious character.
- Is Landgate School, Bryn part of an academy trust?
- Landgate School, Bryn is part of the The Aspire Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Landgate School, Bryn have?
- The schools register lists Landgate School, Bryn's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Landgate School, Bryn's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2023/24 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 is Landgate School, Bryn's absence rate?
- Landgate School, Bryn's overall absence rate is 10% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Landgate School, Bryn's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Landgate School, Bryn'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 July 2026.