Outwood Academy Hindley
Mornington Road, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 4LG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms J Norman
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 935
- Pupils on roll
- 908
- URN
- 148526
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01942767704
About this school
Outwood Academy Hindley is a secondary academy in Wigan. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 908 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. 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
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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 173 | 181 | 182 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.7 | 39.8 | 40.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.35 -0.56 to -0.13 | -0.08 -0.29 to +0.13 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 32% | 31.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 49.7% | 56% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 45% | 29.3% | 19.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
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 Outwood Academy Hindley 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 | 42.7 | 36.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.8 | 34.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 922 |
| 2023/24 | 925 |
| 2024/25 | 921 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Outwood Academy Hindley compares
Outwood Academy Hindley ranked 15th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40 | 10.6% | 35% | 908 | — |
| The Westleigh School | 36.4 | 10.2% | 44.8% | 976 | 1.9 miles |
| Dean Trust Rose Bridge | 39.7 | 8.7% | 58.1% | 692 | 2.2 miles |
| Westhoughton High School | 44.4 | 11.1% | 24.5% | 1,342 | 2.2 miles |
| Atherton High School | 39.3 | 8.9% | 47.2% | 561 | 3.0 miles |
| Hawkley Hall High School | 40.4 | 9.2% | 24.9% | 1,170 | 3.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.96%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.59%
- Persistent absence
- 32.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Westleigh School1.9 miles
Secondary · Leigh
-
Dean Trust Rose Bridge2.2 miles
Secondary · Wigan
-
Westhoughton High School2.2 miles
Secondary · Bolton
-
Atherton High School3.0 miles
Secondary · Atherton
-
Hawkley Hall High School3.0 miles
Secondary · Wigan
Other schools in Wigan
Outwood Academy Hindley ranks 11th of the 13 ranked secondary schools in Wigan.
- Cansfield High School Secondary
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge Secondary
- Dean Trust Wigan Secondary
- Hawkley Hall High School Secondary
- Shevington High School Secondary
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield Secondary
- St John Fisher Catholic High School Secondary
- St Peter's Catholic High School Secondary
- Standish Community High School Secondary
- The Byrchall High School Secondary
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College Secondary
- Up Holland High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Outwood Academy Hindley teach?
- Outwood Academy Hindley teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Wigan.
- Who is the headteacher of Outwood Academy Hindley?
- The headteacher of Outwood Academy Hindley is Ms J Norman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Outwood Academy Hindley last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Outwood Academy Hindley, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Outwood Academy Hindley?
- Outwood Academy Hindley has 908 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Outwood Academy Hindley full?
- Outwood Academy Hindley has capacity for 935 pupils and 908 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Outwood Academy Hindley a faith school?
- No. Outwood Academy Hindley has no designated religious character.
- Is Outwood Academy Hindley a selective school?
- No. Outwood Academy Hindley is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Outwood Academy Hindley?
- Outwood Academy Hindley is part of OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Outwood Academy Hindley's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.7 in 2022/23 and 40 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Outwood Academy Hindley rank locally?
- Outwood Academy Hindley ranked 15th of 19 secondary schools in Wigan for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Outwood Academy Hindley's absence rate?
- Outwood Academy Hindley's overall absence rate is 10.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Outwood Academy Hindley's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Outwood Academy Hindley'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 10 July 2026.