Lowton Junior and Infant School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Warrington, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Lowton Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Warrington, Wigan for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Lowton Junior and Infant 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 52 of the 98 other Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Places ran out (a last distance was published) for Reception in 4 of the 15 years before 2026.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
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
- Newton Road, Lowton, Warrington, WA3 2AW
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “Each morning, pupils are warmly welcomed by staff at the gate.”
- “Pupils wear their uniforms with pride and clearly enjoy their time at school.”
- “Pupils are kind, considerate and supportive of one another.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, staff checks are not consistent.”
- “At times, this means pupils are given activities that are not as well matched as they might be to build on what they already know.”
- “Nevertheless, many pupils are persistently absent from school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 2025 (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) | 56% | 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, 24 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 Wigan.
- Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gilded Hollins Community School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lowton West Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Golborne Community Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published