St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Greater Manchester, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.259 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge is a primary school in Greater Manchester, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 31 October 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge 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 | 0.259 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 for 2026 lived 0.259 miles from the school, the 9th shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 38 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- At 67%, 2024/25 reading, writing and maths was 3rd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan that have results.
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
- Leigh Road, Atherton, Greater Manchester, M46 0PA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 31 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at St Michael’s CofE Primary School.”
- “They support and encourage each other with care and sensitivity.”
- “Pupils told inspectors that everyone is welcome at this school.”
To improve
- “However, for some pupils in key stage 1, this process is unnecessarily difficult.”
- “This is because some children in the early years do not learn how to correctly form the letters of the sounds that they have learned.”
- “From time to time, this hinders these pupils in applying their phonics knowledge to their writing as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2023 (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) | 67% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 26 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.
- Parklee Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Atherton St George's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadowbank Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chowbent Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hindsford CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published