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Leigh Central Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Windermere Road, Leigh WN7 1UY · leighcentral.wigan.sch.uk · 01942 673810
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wigan 66%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.37 mi
- 0.60 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 3 · Wigan Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 211
- 1 over 210 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 44.5%
- First language not English
- 31.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 3” went to a home 0.37 mi (604 m) from the school. Source: Wigan Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 70% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 70% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 96% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 3 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.37 mi0.60 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Leigh Central Primary School on 30 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 30 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 10
- 4% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied