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136 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Wigan has 134 state schools: 99 primary, 19 secondary, 2 nursery. Between them they teach around 47,648 pupils. 116 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.3 out of 10, and 13 score 8 or above.

13 have a sixth form. 44 take children from age three or under. 75 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Leigh 18 schools
All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan Warrington · Outstanding Aspull Church Primary School Wigan · Good Atherton High School Atherton · Good Atherton St George's CofE Primary School Manchester · Good Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School Leigh · Good Bedford High School Leigh · Good Beech Hill Community Primary School Wigan · Good Bickershaw CofE Primary School Wigan · Good Britannia Bridge Primary School Wigan · Good Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School Wigan · Good Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery Wigan · Good Cansfield High School Wigan · Good Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School Wigan · Good Chowbent Primary School Manchester · Good Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington Leigh · Good Dean Trust Rose Bridge Wigan · Not judged Dean Trust Wigan Wigan · Requires improvement Douglas Valley Nursery School Wigan · Outstanding Expanse Learning (Expanse Group Ltd) Leigh Fir Tree College Wigan · Good Fix-It (UK) Ltd Wigan Fred Longworth High School Manchester · Good Garrett Hall Primary School Manchester · Outstanding Gilded Hollins Community School Leigh · Good Golborne Community Primary School Warrington · Good Golborne High School Warrington · Outstanding Green Meadow Independent Primary School Warrington · Good Hawkley Hall High School Wigan · Not judged Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School Wigan · Good Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School Wigan · Good Hindley Green Community Primary School Wigan · Good Hindley Junior and Infant School Wigan · Good Hindley Nursery School Wigan · Outstanding Hindsford CofE Primary School Manchester · Not judged Holy Family Catholic Academy Wigan · Not judged Holy Family Catholic Primary School Manchester · Good Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan Wigan · Outstanding Hope School Wigan · Not judged Ince CofE Primary School Wigan · Good Landgate School, Bryn Wigan · Not judged Leigh Central Primary School Leigh · Good Leigh CofE Primary School Leigh · Good Leigh St John's CofE Primary Leigh · Outstanding Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School Leigh · Good Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School Leigh · Not judged Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School Leigh · Good Lowton Church of England High School Warrington · Good Lowton Junior and Infant School Warrington · Not judged Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School WARRINGTON · Not judged Lowton West Primary School Warrington · Good Mab's Cross Primary School Wigan · Good Marsh Green Primary School Wigan · Not judged Marus Bridge Primary School Wigan · Good Meadowbank Primary School Manchester · Good Millbrook Primary School Wigan · Good My Life Learning Wigan · Inadequate Newbridge Learning Community Wigan · Good Newton Westpark Primary School Leigh · Good Nicol Mere School Wigan · Outstanding Oakfield High School and College Wigan · Outstanding Orrell Holgate Academy Wigan · Good Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy Wigan · Not judged Orrell Newfold Community Primary School Wigan · Outstanding Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan Wigan · Outstanding Outwood Academy Hindley Wigan · Not judged Parklee Primary School Wigan · Not judged Platt Bridge Community School Wigan · Good Progress Schools Wigan · Requires improvement R L Hughes Primary School Wigan · Good Rowan Tree Primary School Manchester · Outstanding Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School WIGAN · Good Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh Leigh · Not judged Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green Wigan · Not judged Sacred Heart RC Primary School Manchester · Good Shevington High School Wigan · Good Shevington Vale Primary School Wigan · Good St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan Wigan · Not judged St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School Manchester · Good St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley Wigan · Good St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Wigan · Good St Catharine's CofE Primary School Wigan · Good St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton Warrington · Good St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Wigan WIGAN · Good St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School Wigan · Good St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan · Good St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School Leigh · Not judged St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell Wigan · Good St James' Church of England Primary School Wigan · Good St John Fisher Catholic High School Wigan · Good St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College Wigan · Outstanding St John's Church of England Primary School, Abram Wigan · Good St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green Wigan · Good St John's CofE Primary School Wigan · Good St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common Manchester · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh Leigh · Good St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan Wigan · Good St Luke's CofE Primary School Warrington · Good St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish Wigan · Outstanding St Mark's CofE Primary School Wigan · Good St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School Wigan · Outstanding St Mary's Catholic High School Manchester · Good St Mary's CofE Primary School Wigan · Good St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge Greater Manchester · Good St Oswald's Catholic Primary School Wigan · Good St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Wigan · Not judged St Paul's Church of England Primary School Wigan · Good St Peter's Catholic High School Wigan · Good St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Wigan · Good St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton Manchester · Good St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton Manchester · Good St Stephen's CofE Primary School Manchester · Good St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School Warrington · Good St Thomas CofE Primary School Wigan · Good St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh Leigh · Not judged St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School Wigan · Good St William's Catholic Primary School Wigan · Good Standish Community High School Wigan · Good Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School Wigan · Not judged Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy Wigan · Outstanding TMP College Wigan · Good The Byrchall High School Wigan · Good The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College Wigan · Good The Westleigh School Leigh · Good Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School Select · Outstanding Tyldesley Primary School Manchester · Good Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery Manchester · Good Westfield Community School Wigan · Not judged Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School Leigh · Good Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School Wigan · Requires improvement Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School Wigan · Good Wigan and Leigh College Wigan · Good Willow Grove Primary School Wigan · Good Winstanley College Wigan · Outstanding Winstanley Community Primary School Wigan · Outstanding Wood Fold Primary School Wigan · Not judged Woodfield Primary School Wigan · Not judged

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School Good · ×0.65 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton Good · ×0.69 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School Good · ×0.7 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School Good · ×0.71 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Aspull Church Primary School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) R L Hughes Primary School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Golborne Community Primary School Good · ×0.76 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Wigan

Primary schools: Community primary schools offer places purely by nearest-distance; explicitly 'not all Wigan schools operate traditional catchment areas.' (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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