Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Leigh, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.286 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School is a primary school in Leigh, Wigan for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Bedford Hall Methodist 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 | 0.286 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 child offered a place lived 0.286 miles away, the 12th shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2011, having swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
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
- Breaston Avenue, Leigh, WN7 3DJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 255 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive at school happy and looking forward to the day ahead.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils strive to meet these expectations.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not check precisely what pupils have remembered.”
- “This hinders how well some pupils learn in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 2023 (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) | 57% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Central Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published