Lowton West Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Warrington, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.921 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Lowton West Primary School is a primary school in Warrington, Wigan for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Lowton West 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 | 1.921 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.921 miles away, the 2nd longest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.60 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and in 2011, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 50 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Slag Lane, Lowton, Warrington, WA3 2ED
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 428 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this welcoming and friendly school.”
- “They appreciate how much their teachers look after them.”
- “Pupils said that they feel safe and that at Lowton West, everyone cares for everyone else.”
To improve
- “However, staff sometimes teach new information without giving pupils enough chance to practise and refine their understanding.”
- “This means that pupils’ knowledge of some key concepts is not as secure as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 63% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 50 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.
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Golborne Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lowton Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gilded Hollins Community School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published