Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.583 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green 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 | 0.583 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 0.583 miles away, the 22nd shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.60 miles).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 15 of the 16 years with a published outcome, from 2011 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Swan Lane, Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4HD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils’ positive relationships with caring staff, coupled with the range of experiences the school provides, help them become confident and independent.”
- “This helps pupils to feel happy at school.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
To improve
- “There remain one or two subjects where the school has not determined the full range of key content that pupils should learn.”
- “This makes it difficult for teachers to know what knowledge to prioritise when designing lessons.”
- “Consequently, in these subjects, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge and do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 2024 (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) | 64% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 12 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.
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hindley Green Community Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Bickershaw CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hindley Junior and Infant School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newton Westpark Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published