Marsh Green Primary School

Marsh Green Primary is a welcoming and inclusive community primary school that has improved since its previous inspection and is now good across all inspected areas. Pupils are happy, safe and proud of their school, behaviour is calm and orderly, and relationships between pupils and staff are warm. Pupils benefit from a broad curriculum, a wide range of trips and leadership opportunities, and strong personal development that prepares them well for life in modern Britain. Reading is a high priority, phonics is taught well, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified swiftly and typically supported well, including through the school’s specially resourced provision. Early years provision is strong, particularly in early reading and mathematics. Leaders have strengthened the curriculum and staff are well supported, but some older pupils have gaps and misconceptions from the previous curriculum that are not consistently identified and addressed, which can limit the depth of their knowledge. Some younger pupils also do not master accurate letter formation by the end of Year 2, which hinders their writing fluency later on. Published 2024 Year 6 attainment was significantly below the national average, although the report notes that many pupils joined the school at different points during key stage 2 and that most current pupils achieve well. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Warm, welcoming and inclusive culture with strong relationships between pupils and staff
• Pupils are polite, kind and considerate, and feel happy and safe
• High expectations for behaviour are met, creating a calm and orderly school
• Broad and ambitious curriculum has been strengthened since the previous inspection
• Staff have strong subject knowledge and deliver the curriculum coherently
• Reading is a high priority and phonics is taught well, with effective support for pupils who struggle
• Pupils with SEND are identified swiftly and typically supported well, including in the specially resourced provision
• Early years provision immerses children in learning, with early reading and mathematics at the heart
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of trips, visits, leadership roles and extra-curricular opportunities
• Pupils learn about democracy, respect and online safety, preparing them for life in modern Britain
• Governors know the school well and staff appreciate support for workload and well-being
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Most pupils attend school regularly

Areas for Improvement

• Some older pupils have gaps and misconceptions from the previous curriculum
• Teachers do not consistently identify and address gaps in pupils’ prior knowledge
• Some pupils move on to new learning before they are ready, limiting depth of knowledge
• Some younger pupils do not master accurate letter formation by the end of Year 2
• Weak letter formation hinders writing fluency as pupils move through the curriculum
• Published 2024 Year 6 attainment was significantly below the national average, although many pupils joined late and most current pupils achieve well

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Marsh Green Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.1% of pupils at Marsh Green Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Marsh Green Primary School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 28.8% of pupils at Marsh Green Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 3 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Marsh Green Primary School received £9,007 and spent £9,716 for each of its 351 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £57,000 (£163 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Marsh Green Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marsh Green Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Marsh Green Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Marsh Green Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Marsh Green Primary School have?

Marsh Green Primary School has 371 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marsh Green Primary School cover?

Marsh Green Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Marsh Green Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Marsh Green Primary School?

Marsh Green Primary School is at Kitt Green Road, Marsh Green, Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 0EF.