Aspull Church Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.868 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Aspull Church Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 June 2022. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Aspull Church 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 | 0.868 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 in 2026 lived 0.868 miles from the school, the 11th longest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 20 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th 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
- Bolton Road, Aspull, Wigan, WN2 1QT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England/Methodist
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this caring and welcoming school.”
- “A Christian ethos pervades the school and is central to the firm sense of family and community that pupils experience.”
- “Pupils reflect the school’s values of ‘faith, hope and love’ in their excellent behaviour.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ attainment of higher standards has not been as consistent over time.”
- “Those who are ready to learn more challenging content do not always have the opportunity to do so.”
- “This means that, while pupils are well prepared for their next stages of education, they do not consistently achieve as highly as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 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) | 77% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 20 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.
- Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan 0.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodfield Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ince CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catharine's CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St William's Catholic Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published