Hindley Green Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Hindley Green Community Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 January 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Hindley Green Community 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, 80% 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, with 39 first-choice applications for 42 offers; places ran out in 7 of the 15 earlier years.
- Free school meal eligibility is 28.8% of pupils, below the middle figure of 37.7% 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
- Thomas Street, Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4SS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 420 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 January 2023
Strengths
- “Hindley Green Community Primary School is a nurturing school where leaders and staff care passionately about the whole community.”
- “The school’s values thread through all aspects of school life.”
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, are kind and polite.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not revisit some aspects of earlier learning often enough.”
- “This means that some pupils struggle to recall previous learning and make links with new ideas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 March 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) | 80% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 39 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 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bickershaw CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newton Westpark Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published