Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School

General Info

Education Phase
Primary
School rating
Good
Mar 11 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
2 - 11 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded primary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wigan
Unique reference
135841
Address
Leigh Street, WN7 4TP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
366 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
24%
Free school meals (FSM)
44%
Persistent absence
17.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.9%
African 13.9%
Other 7.1%
Other Black 3.3%
Other White 2.5%
Mixed 2.4%
Chinese 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Irish Traveller 0.5%
Pakistani 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

Primary Results

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

ReadingAverage-1.7
WritingAbove average2.4
MathsAverage0.3
Year 2022-2023

Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths

School 56%
Local authority average 65%
England average 62%

Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths

School 5%
Local authority average 10%
England average 8%

Average score in reading

School 103
Local authority average 106
England average 106

Average score in maths

School 103
Local authority average 105
England average 105
School: Year 2023-2024
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
29
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
34
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
5
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
28
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.3
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher30.3
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher27
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Early Years 2, Part-time
17
9
8
Nursery Year 1, Part-time
8
3
5
Nursery Year 1, Full-time
3
3
0
Nursery Year 2, Part-time
24
14
10
Nursery Year 2, Full-time
7
3
4
Reception, Full-time
31
18
13
Year 1
30
15
15
Year 2
30
12
18
Year 3
54
30
24
Year 4
54
28
26
Year 5
51
23
28
Year 6
57
32
25
Year 2024-2025

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