Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Requires improvement Jul 8 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 4 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Unique reference
- 106502
- Address
- Windermere Road, WN7 1UX
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 298 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.4%
- Girls
- 46.6%
- First language not English
- 35.9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 33.6%
- Persistent absence
- 18.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 23.5%
White British 47.7%
Other White 13.8%
African 13.4%
Other Asian 8.4%
Pakistani 5.4%
Mixed 3.2%
Other Black 2.7%
Other 2.3%
Chinese 1.3%
Indian 1%
Irish 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage-0.2
WritingAverage0.8
MathsAbove average2.8
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 49%
Local authority average 65%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 0%
Local authority average 10%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 101
Local authority average 106
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 103
Local authority average 105
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 45
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 21
- 2nd preference
- 13
- 3rd preference
- 14
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 21
- 2nd preference
- 3
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 29.7 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 29.3 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 30 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Reception, Full-time | 32 16 16 |
| Year 1 | 42 25 17 |
| Year 2 | 46 28 18 |
| Year 3 | 44 18 26 |
| Year 4 | 45 23 22 |
| Year 5 | 45 26 19 |
| Year 6 | 44 23 21 |