Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Leigh, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.187 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington is a primary school in Leigh, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington 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 | 0.187 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.187 miles away, 4th shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The last distance has swung sharply over the years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 9 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- West Bridgewater Street, Pennington, Leigh, WN7 4HB
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school, particularly the inclusive environment which is welcoming to all and nurtures pupils’ individuality.”
- “The school’s values of forgiveness, love, hope and trust are at the heart of everything it does.”
- “There are strong relationships between pupils, families and staff.”
To improve
- “Lunchtimes can sometimes be a little less settled, but the school is working to address this.”
- “However, in some subjects and some year groups across the school, the implementation of the curriculum is inconsistent.”
- “In these year groups and subjects, teaching approaches do not enable pupils to build and deepen their knowledge consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 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) | 43% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 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 St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh Central Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published