Sacred Heart RC Primary School
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 🔒
Sacred Heart RC Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart RC 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 52 of the 98 other Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 13 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 17 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, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Lodge Lane, Hindsford, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9BN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 178 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They generally have positive relationships with staff and other pupils and they feel safe.”
- “Pupils who are new to school find it easy to make friends.”
To improve
- “However, some aspects of pupils behaviour are not dealt with appropriately.”
- “Although uncommon, some incidents of bullying are not addressed well enough.”
- “Additionally, some staff do not follow the behaviour policy consistently well.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2026 (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) | 61% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 16 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.
- Hindsford CofE Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parklee Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chowbent Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Meadowbank Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published