Chowbent Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Manchester, 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 🔒
Chowbent Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 30 April 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Chowbent 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 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 52 of the 98 other Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 19 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan is 22.6.
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
- Laburnum Street, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9FP
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 147 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 30 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this nurturing school.”
- “They enjoy its happy atmosphere, which is calm and purposeful but not regimented.”
- “They benefit from strong academic and pastoral care.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes a small number of pupils lose concentration and do not pay attention to important teacher explanations and instructions.”
- “At times, teachers do not notice this and do not check that the whole class has understood.”
- “On these occasions, some pupils waste valuable learning time and do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2025 (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) | 36% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 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 Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Parklee Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadowbank Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hindsford CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Atherton St George's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge 1.0 mi Good Last distance published