Leigh St John's CofE Primary
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Leigh, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.352 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh St John's CofE Primary is a primary school in Leigh, Wigan for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 22 January 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Leigh St John's CofE Primary 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 | 1.352 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 place went to a child 1.352 miles away, the 3rd longest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That distance was further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 14 years with a published Reception distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 28 offers; all 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 32 first-choice families (53%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Kirkhall Lane, Leigh, WN7 1RY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 22 January 2025
Strengths
- “Leigh St John’s is a happy place in which to learn.”
- “The school has a simple mission to help all pupils to be ‘decent human beings’.”
- “This mission is lived out by staff and pupils alike.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 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) | 67% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Central Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published