Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Leigh, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.301 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Leigh, Wigan for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Leigh St Peter's CofE 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 | 0.301 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 0.301 miles away, the 14th shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.60 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2024, and was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026, Reception had 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Leigh Street, Leigh, WN7 4TP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 331 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love attending this happy school.”
- “They enjoy being with friends from many different cultures.”
- “Everyone cares for each other.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the school has not ensured that pupils have secure prior knowledge.”
- “Some pupils have gaps in their learning due to the previous curriculum.”
- “This means that they do not have a firm foundation on which to build new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 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) | 60% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Newton Westpark Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Central Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published