Wigan schools and admissions data

Wigan Borough Council has 108 primary schools and 36 secondary schools. 6% of Wigan's schools are private schools. 39 state schools in Wigan follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 90 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Wigan

  1. Outstanding 29
  2. Good 87
  3. Requires Improvement 5
  4. Inadequate 4

Most popular state schools
in Wigan in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Woodfield Primary School

    Community school • Wigan

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Leigh St John's CofE Primary

    Voluntary aided school • Leigh

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Hindley, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Gilded Hollins Community School

    Community school • Leigh

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan

    Voluntary aided school • Golborne, Warrington

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Meadowbank Primary School & Children's Centre

    Community school • Atherton, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Wigan

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington

    Voluntary aided school • Pennington, Leigh

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School

    Academy converter • Leigh

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Hindsford CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Atherton, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    St Luke's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Lowton, Warrington

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary aided school • Tyldesley, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Hindley Junior and Infant School

    Community school • Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Britannia Bridge Primary School

    Community school • Lower Ince, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Thomas CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Hindley, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Garrett Hall Primary School

    Community school • Tyldesley, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Standish, Wigan

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  20. 20

    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh

    Voluntary aided school • Leigh

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College

    Voluntary aided school • Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Fred Longworth High School

    Academy converter • Tyldesley, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Standish Community High School

    Academy converter • Standish, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Golborne High School

    Foundation school • Golborne, Warrington

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    St Peter's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Orrell, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield

    Voluntary aided school • Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Hawkley Hall High School

    Academy converter • Hawkley Hall, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Cansfield High School

    Community school • Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    St Mary's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Astley, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Bedford High School

    Community school • Leigh

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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