Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Leigh, 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 🔒
Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Leigh, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Westleigh St Paul'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 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
- 54.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there are 19.9 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 32.9% and 23.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 97 Wigan primary schools.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, with 9 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower; places ran out in 3 of 15 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- School Street, Leigh, WN7 5JN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “This is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “They stated that their teachers are kind and encouraging, which pupils value highly.”
- “Pupils also said that the staff make them feel safe, comfortable and confident at school.”
To improve
- “That said, some of the school’s curriculum improvement work is still ongoing, including in a few parts of the early years curriculum.”
- “This means that the school is not responsive enough to some inconsistencies in how the curriculum is implemented.”
- “Consequently, some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 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) | 55% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 21 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.
- Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newton Westpark Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Central Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published