The Westleigh School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Leigh, Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Westleigh School is a secondary school in Leigh, Wigan for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2022. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
The Westleigh 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, though places ran out in 3 of the 14 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 154 first-choice applications for 188 offers (0.8 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 19 Wigan secondary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 21% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wigan.
- Its Attainment 8 score in 2024/25 was 36.4 (England 46).
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
- Westleigh Lane, Leigh, WN7 5NL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 976 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils join in and enjoy success at The Westleigh School.”
- “They feel happy and safe here.”
- “They told inspectors that staff are kind and that they care about them.”
To improve
- “In one or two subjects, curriculums are not so well organised.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 21% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 154 first-preference applications, 188 offers in total, 154 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wigan.
- Atherton High School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Hindley 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fred Longworth High School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bedford High School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lowton Church of England High School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic High School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Golborne High School 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published