Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy is an academy alternative provision sponsor led in Hindley, Wigan for boys and girls aged 4 to 16. It has 106 pupils and room for 193. About 74 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Leyland Park House, Park Road, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX01942 932760ttapa.netMs Anne Isherwood headAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 13 May 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2023 | Ungraded | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Wigan council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (76), Moderate learning difficulty (10), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (10), language and communications needs (4), Other difficulty or disability (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 106 | 145 | 131 | 98 | 89 | 103 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 75% | 71% | 76% | 61% | 58% | 56% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 5% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 83% | 89% | 83% | 82% | 85% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 17% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 7% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 39 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 30%, compared with 63% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 44% | 48% | 35% |
| Education | 36% | 28% | 28% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 8% | 2% |
| Work | 8% | 13% | 5% |
| Not in education, work or training | 28% | 33% | 47% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindley Junior and Infant School | Academy | 560 m | – | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School | Church of England | 840 m | 237 | Good 2023 | 55 | Compare |
| Outwood Academy Hindley | Academy | 890 m | 908 | No overall grade 2024 | 37 | Compare |
| Hindley Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 900 m | 103 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley | Academy | 980 m | 281 | Good 2024 | 44 | Compare |
| The Parks School | Independent | 990 m | 21 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley | Roman Catholic | 0.8 miles | 198 | Good 2022 | 85 | Compare |
| Oakfield High School and College | Council | 0.8 miles | 413 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy a good school?
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in May 2025.
What is Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 13 May 2025.
How many pupils does Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy have?
106 pupils aged 4 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 193 places, so it is 55% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Leyland Park House, Park Road, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX
- Telephone
- 01942 932760
- Website
- www.ttapa.net
- Head
- Ms Anne Isherwood
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academy alternative provision sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 4-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- The Rowan Learning Trust (12 schools)
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Ward
- Hindley
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 February 2015 (new provision)
- URN
- 140627 · LAESTAB 3591108 · UKPRN 10045204
- Formerly
- The Phoenix Centre
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.