A school in Wigan has been slammed by Ofsted inspectors over concerns about pupils' safety and staff delivering ‘poor lessons outside their expertise’. The damning report published by the moderator on October 4, 2022 stated the students' learning at the Lilford Centre, one of two independent Progress Schools in the borough, is ‘hampered by a poorly delivered curriculum across many subjects’.
The Tyldesley-based school, which was rated as 'inadequate', has students referred to them by the local authority who have previously disengaged with education due to non-attendance or behavioural issues. This is something Ofsted believes is not being done adequately.
The school, which only opened in 2020, had 30 pupils on the roll when inspectors came knocking back in July and found they had ‘failed to meet the independent school standards’.
