St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 February 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, but places ran out in 6 of the 15 earlier years with a published outcome, going back to 2011.
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 16 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 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
- Kildare Street, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3HY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 281 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils describe St Peter’s Church of England Primary School as being kind and caring.”
- “This is reflected in their positive attitudes to learning and excellent conduct.”
- “Pupils welcome those who are new to the school in a warm and friendly way.”
To improve
- “Due to the limitations of the previous curriculum in some subjects, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “This makes it hard for them to remember parts of their learning over time and to link new learning to what they already know.”
- “At times, assessment of pupils’ learning does not give the school the most useful information about what pupils know and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 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) | 71% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 25 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 Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hindley Junior and Infant School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Platt Bridge Community School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ince CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St William's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published