Shevington Vale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.921 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Shevington Vale Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 2–11 (community school). Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Shevington Vale 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 | 0.921 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.921 miles away, the 10th longest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2021, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families, so 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th 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
- Runshaw Avenue, Appley Bridge, Wigan, WN6 9JP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 196 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel like they belong at Shevington Vale Primary School.”
- “They are proud to attend each day.”
- “Pupils enter the building eager to see their friends and to get started with their learning.”
To improve
- “That said, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “Where expectations are too low, pupils do not make good enough progress from their starting points.”
- “Some pupils are not as well prepared for their next steps as they could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 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) | 70% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 25 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 Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Millbrook Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wood Fold Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marsh Green Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published