Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh
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 🔒
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh is a primary school in Leigh, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 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
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 43 offers, or 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 97 Wigan primary schools.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was the case at 52 of the 98 other Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 51% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th 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
- Windermere Road, Leigh, WN7 1UX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 300 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Most pupils enjoy coming to school each day.”
- “They look forward to their learning.”
- “Pupils value the positive relationships that they have with staff and with each other.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are not currently supported well enough to achieve as well as they could.”
- “As a result, some pupils, including those in the early years, are not as well prepared for the next stage of their education as they should be.”
- “However, in the early years, sometimes staff do not choose the most effective strategies to enable children to develop their vocabulary and knowledge across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 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) | 51% | 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, 43 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 Central Primary School 0.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh CofE Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published