# Hillside Specialist School and College

Hillside Specialist School and College is a special school in Ribble Valley, for pupils aged 3 to 19.

It had 117 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E131479. [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 3 to 19
- Pupils: 117
- Council: Ribble Valley
- URN: 131479

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 6 March 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Hillside Specialist School and College met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Ribble Valley | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 48.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 49.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 69% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 8 | – | – |

Hillside Specialist School and College teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Brook View School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brook-view-school-e136069): 1.3 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Longridge Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longridge-church-of-england-primary-school-e119568): 1.4 km. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Cecilia's RC High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-cecilias-rc-high-school-e119800): 1.7 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 44.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Longridge High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longridge-high-school-e150092): 1.8 km. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), September 2021, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 51.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longridge-st-wilfrids-roman-catholic-primary-school-e119636): 1.9 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/131479)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/131479)

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