St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common is a primary school in Manchester, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common 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 for Reception in 2026 was offered a place; places ran out in 5 of the 15 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 15 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 11 of the 59 applications (19%) came from families living outside Wigan, and 1 offer went to them.
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest 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
- Commonside Road, Worsley, Manchester, M28 1AE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy attending this friendly, caring school.”
- “Positive relationships between pupils and staff help pupils to feel happy and safe.”
- “Pupils know that adults are there to help them if they have any worries or concerns.”
To improve
- “Despite this, in a few subjects, some pupils are uncertain when asked to recall or explain key subject-specific content from previous years.”
- “This is because some teachers do not ensure that pupils have enough chances to revisit and recap their learning.”
- “Occasionally, this means that some pupils do not have the knowledge they need to build on to ensure that they know and remember more over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 July 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) | 58% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 15 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.
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Garrett Hall Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tyldesley Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hindsford CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published