Tyldesley Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Tyldesley Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Wigan for ages 3–11 (academy converter). 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.
Tyldesley 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 | 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
- In 2024/25, 81% 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.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 13 of the 15 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 46 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 6.3% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 33% across 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
- Ennerdale Road, Astley Tyldesley, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 7PY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 441 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 22 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “They work and play together happily.”
- “Pupils value the warm and caring relationships that they have with staff.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not check that pupils, including those with SEND, have mastered key writing skills consistently before they move on to more complex learning.”
- “This hinders some pupils in learning the writing curriculum as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 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) | 81% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 46 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.
- Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Garrett Hall Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hindsford CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published