Leigh Central Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Leigh, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.375 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Central Primary School is a primary school in Leigh, Wigan for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2022. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Central Primary 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 2026 | 0.375 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.375 miles away, the 17th shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception figure was nearer than in 2025 and 2012, and it was the shortest of the 11 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils 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 Wigan schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Windermere Road, Leigh, WN7 1UY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils in this school benefit from a welcoming environment where everyone is included.”
- “They enter school happily and most attend regularly.”
- “Pupils' unique needs are fully understood and met.”
To improve
- “Over time, the proportion of pupils who meet the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics check has been below the national average.”
- “Even so, persistent absence remains above national levels.”
- “However, a number of pupils still do not come to school often enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 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) | 55% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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 Wigan.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 0.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh CofE Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published