Hawkley Hall High School is an co-educational, none-selective state secondary school located in Wigan

Wigan

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, Greater Manchester

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, England

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, 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 the National Lottery fund.

2009 Outstanding Ofsted inspection

Since Head Teacher Mr. R. 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

Ofsted

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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.

Regional Head Teacher of the Year 2010

Head Teacher Royston Halford was named the Winner of the Northern Region for the National College Award for Secondary Head teacher of the Year in June 2010. The ‘Northern Region’ included Yorkshire and Humberside, Cumbria, as well as the whole of the North West. Mr Halford will attend the National College Teaching Award UK Ceremony in October 2010 where he will be in competition with six other regional finalists for the prestigious title of UK Head teacher of the Year 2010.

Other notes

Bryn Park FC uses the schools all weather pitch every Wednesday for training purposes.