Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Bryn St Peter's CofE 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 | 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 7 of the 14 earlier years.
- Reception in 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 76% 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
- Downall Green Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 0DL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 186 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 30 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Bryn St Peter's CE Primary School are warmly welcomed into school by staff each morning.”
- “Guided by their school motto, ‘together with God, building our future’, pupils thrive here academically, socially, and emotionally.”
- “Pupils are safe, valued and listened to.”
To improve
- “Leaders have identified that occasionally, some pupils make multiple and repeated errors in their spelling.”
- “Additionally, a minority of pupils lack consistent accuracy and fluency in their handwriting.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 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) | 76% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 23 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.
- Nicol Mere School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- R L Hughes Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marus Bridge Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winstanley Community Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published