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Leigh CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Henrietta Street, Leigh WN7 1LP · leighceprimary.co.uk · 01942 671389
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wigan 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 350
- 3 over 347 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44.3%
- First language not English
- 43.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Wings' Ce Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 44 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 | 44 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 28 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 26 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 19 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106445)
Ofsted
Leigh CofE Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Apr 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jul 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106445), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106445)
Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106445)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 19
- 6% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied