St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · 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 Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 14 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 28 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, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 86% was the 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
- Abbott Street, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3DG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are happy in school.”
- “They spoke enthusiastically about the range of clubs and opportunities available to them.”
- “Pupils feel privileged to represent the school in a variety of sporting events.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of pupils, including pupils with SEND, do not attend school regularly enough.”
- “This means that they do not benefit from leaders’ ambitious curriculum as well as they could.”
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders’ curriculum improvements are more recent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 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) | 86% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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 Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hindley Junior and Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ince CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St William's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Platt Bridge Community School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published