Garswood Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Wigan, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Garswood Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Wigan, St. Helens for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 17 July 2024. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Garswood Primary and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception in 2025 was offered a place, as was the case at 36 of the 52 other St. Helens primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Reception places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 2 earlier years, though every applicant was offered a place in 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 10 of the 44 applications for Reception 2026 came from families living outside St. Helens, and 0 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other St. Helens schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hamilton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 0SF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “This is a fully inclusive and inspiring school where pupils truly belong.”
- “Through the warm and trusting relationships with staff, pupils feel safe, listened to and part of the team.”
- “The school's values are lived out daily.”
To improve
- “Leaders and governors should continue to further develop leadership capacity to maintain the current high standards and positive outcomes for pupils, particularly those who are disadvantaged.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in St. Helens.
- Rectory CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Billinge Chapel End Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Legh Vale Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Grange Valley Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published