The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
Voluntary aided school · Secondary
Wigan · WN1 1HQ · Wigan
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 138110
Hawkley Hall High School
Academy converter · Wigan · WN3 5NY
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
1,170
Local authority
Wigan
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Wigan, Wigan, 1,170 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 26.6%.
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Ages 11–16
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Ages 11–16
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Ages 11–16
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Voluntary aided school · Secondary
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138110
Location
- Address
- Carr Lane, Hawkley Hall
- Postcode
- WN3 5NY
- Town
- Wigan
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Wigan
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,170
- Boys / girls
- 579 / 591
- School capacity
- 1,184
- Capacity fill
- 1,170 / 1,184 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 26.6%
- FSM pupils
- 311
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE ROWAN LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE ROWAN LEARNING TRUST
Contact
- Telephone
- 01942204640