St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge is a primary school in Wigan, St. Helens for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge 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 a Reception place in 2025 was offered one, as at 36 of the 52 other St. Helens primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 5 of the 45 applications (11%) came from families living outside St. Helens, and 2 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 82% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Off London Fields, Billinge, Wigan, WN5 7LS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 165 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are at the heart of every decision that leaders take.”
- “Pupils’ needs are carefully considered from the moment they start at the school.”
- “Pupils are nurtured and their wellbeing is promoted effectively.”
To improve
- “However, they do not have well-formed handwriting.”
- “At times, pupils do not check and correct errors in their spelling.”
- “This is because staff do not provide them with the guidance and opportunities to do so.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 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) | 82% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- Billinge Chapel End Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Garswood Primary and Nursery School 1.4 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Rectory CofE Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carr Mill Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashurst Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published