Hindsford CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Manchester, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.495 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hindsford CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 29 October 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Hindsford 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 | 0.495 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
- Reception 2026 drew 46 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families (37%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.495 miles, about the same as in 2025; in 4 of the 16 published years every applicant was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 43.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33% across 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
- Lodge Road, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9BL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are valued at this caring school.”
- “They try their best to live out the school’s motto: ‘our best, always, everywhere’ in all that they do.”
- “Pupils are extremely proud of their school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 December 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: 46 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parklee Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chowbent 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 Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Tyldesley Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge 1.0 mi Good Last distance published