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Gilded Hollins Community School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
St Helen's Road, Leigh WN7 3PQ · gildedhollins.wigan.sch.uk · 01942 678903
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 97%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wigan 66%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.78 mi
- 1.25 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 3 · Wigan Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 209
- 100% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 7.2%
- First language not English
- 1.4%
- 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 0.78 mi (1.25 km) from the school. Source: Wigan Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 79% 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 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 69% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 49 | 1.7▲ | 59% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 3 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.78 mi1.25 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 97% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▲97% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 July 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Gilded Hollins Community School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 12 Jul 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (52 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 52
- 25% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied