St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton
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 🔒
St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton is a primary school in Manchester, Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton 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 in 2026 was offered a place, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 7 of the 14 earlier years.
- Reception in 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 14 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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
- Bolton Old Road, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9FD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 397 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Philip’s CofE Primary School live out the school’s motto of ‘together, we achieve’.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils.”
- “Teachers ensure that most pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), succeed.”
To improve
- “However, from time to time, some teachers do not design the most appropriate activities to help pupils to learn new knowledge.”
- “On occasion, this means that a few pupils do not have sufficiently secure foundations on which to build future learning.”
- “On occasion, however, some teachers do not use all the information available to them to design appropriate learning activities for a small number of pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 December 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) | 71% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 40 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.
- Chowbent Primary School 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Meadowbank Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parklee Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Atherton St George's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hindsford CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge 1.1 mi Good Last distance published