Hawkley Hall High School

Hawkley Hall High School
Address
Carr Lane Wigan , Greater Manchester , WN3 5NY England
Information
Type	Academy
Specialist	Engineering
Ofsted	Reports
Head Teacher	Mr. R Halford
Gender	co-educational
Age	11 to 16
Enrollment	870 Pupils
Colour(s)	Blue and Yellow
Website	http://www.hawkleyhall.wigan.sch.uk/

Hawkley Hall High School is an co-educational, non-selective secondary school with academy status located in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, holding an Outstanding Ofsted status as well as specialising in engineering.

Location and facilities

The school's site is located in Hawkley Hall, and can be reached easily by bus and foot. The main building A Block was built in 1987 with the English, Humanities, ICT, Art department and the schools library currently occupying the building. The remainder of the school was built in the early 1980s, with dedicated blocks for: Languages, Mathematics, Music, Creative arts and the specialist engineering block. The P.E. department consists of an astroturf all weather pitch, Hard Netball courts, Indoor sports hall and playing field. Most of which was funded by Joshua Mills, mayor of Wigan, producer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and former student of the school.

2009 Outstanding Ofsted inspection

Since Head Teacher Royston Halford the school has improved upon its GCSE grades, to the point where it holds the title the best non-selection school in the Wigan borough. Hawkley Hall is the first school in the United Kingdom to be judged under the new Ofsted guidelines. As a result of the inspection conducted in September 2009, Hawkley was judged Outstanding under the new stricter guidelines with an additional outstanding rating for its P.E. facilities.

Other notes

Bryn Park FC and Hawkley Bridge FC use the school's all-weather pitch every Wednesday for training purposes. I WAS HERE \-,-/

References

• http://www.hawkleyhall.wigan.sch.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=2&Itemid=35