Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · WARRINGTON, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.170 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School is a primary school in WARRINGTON, Wigan for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) 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 | 1.170 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 in 2026 lived 1.170 miles away, the 7th longest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and than in 2013, and the biggest swing between years was from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest 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
- Newton Road, Lowton, Lowton St Mary's Ce Primary School, WARRINGTON, WA3 1EW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “Pupils are well looked after by their teachers and staff.”
- “They behave well and are attentive during lessons.”
To improve
- “In some subject curriculums, including in a small number of early years curriculum areas, the school is still working to identify the most crucial knowledge that pupils should learn.”
- “This sometimes hinders how well the school helps pupils to deepen their understanding in these subjects.”
- “It also occasionally impedes the school in designing and adapting learning activities well, so that pupils acquire the knowledge that they should learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 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) | 71% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- Lowton Junior and Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gilded Hollins Community School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lowton West Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published