Newton Westpark Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Leigh, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.861 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Newton Westpark 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 14 February 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Newton Westpark 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 | 0.861 mi |
| 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
- 56.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 37.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 0.861 miles away, about the same as 2025 and 12th longest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance.
- There were 25 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest 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
- Tennyson Avenue, Leigh, WN7 5JY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe in school.”
- “They share warm and caring relationships with staff.”
- “Pupils enjoy spending time with their friends.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not finalised their curriculum thinking about the important academic language that pupils should learn in a few subjects.”
- “This means that teachers do not know what subject-specific vocabulary they should teach and when this should happen in these subjects.”
- “Consequently, a few older pupils do not know the appropriate vocabulary needed to read, write and speak about some topics in the wider curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2023 (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) | 58% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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.
- Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bickershaw CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Central Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published