Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Select, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.171 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Select, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Twelve Apostles Catholic 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 | 0.171 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 for 2026 lived 0.171 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.60 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 11 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 3rd 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
- Nel Pan Lane, Leigh, Select, WN7 5JS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from an environment where they feel welcomed and happy.”
- “They enthusiastically describe their school as a place where 'everyone is unique and cared for'.”
- “Pupils benefit greatly from the remarkable levels of care on offer.”
To improve
- “However, in 2025, pupils' attainment in reading, English grammar, punctuation and spelling and in the Year 4 multiplication tables check was below national averages.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 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) | 60% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 26 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 Westleigh Methodist Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newton Westpark Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Central Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hindley Green Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published