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Winstanley Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Tan House Drive, Winstanley, Wigan WN3 6JP · winstanley.wigan.sch.uk · 01942 749141
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 68%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wigan 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 440
- 93% of 475 places
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.2%
- First language not English
- 4.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 47 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 47 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 55 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% the higher standard. Across Wigan it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲68% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Winstanley Community Primary School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Sept 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (125 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 125
- 28% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (12%) with SEND