St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green
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 John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 February 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green 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, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan that have results.
- For Reception 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 17 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 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
- Atherton Road, Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4SD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 170 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 February 2023
Strengths
- “This is a caring, supportive school where pupils play and learn well together.”
- “Pupils feel safe and happy here.”
- “Pupils benefit from leaders’ increasingly high expectations of what they can achieve.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders are less clear about the order in which pupils should encounter this knowledge.”
- “On occasion, this hinders teachers in designing learning for pupils and makes it harder for pupils to link new knowledge with earlier learning.”
- “However, from time to time, a small number of staff use strategies that are less helpful to pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 22 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.
- Hindley Green Community Primary School 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 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newton Westpark Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hindley Junior and Infant School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published