Garrett Hall Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.056 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Garrett Hall Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Wigan for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Garrett Hall 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 | 2.056 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 2.056 miles away, the longest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was the longest of the 15 years with a published distance, further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2011.
- Reception 2026 had 92 first-choice applications for 88 offers; 87 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Garrett Lane, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 7EY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 520 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and flourish at this exceptional school.”
- “Children in the early years get off to a flying start that prepares them exceedingly well for the next stage of their learning.”
- “Pupils are nurtured well by staff who give them every opportunity to shine.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (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) | 77% | 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: 92 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 87 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.
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tyldesley Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Hindsford CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published