Platt Bridge Community School

Platt Bridge Community School is performing well overall, with an overall effectiveness rating of good. The school has maintained a warm and inclusive environment where students feel happy and safe. Standards of behavior are outstanding, and there is high-quality emotional support for all pupils, helping them thrive both academically and personally. The early years curriculum is particularly strong, ensuring children are well-prepared for future learning. Although the school has made significant strides in strengthening its reading curriculum, recent data indicates that some pupils are leaving Year 6 with below-average progress in reading, highlighting an area for improvement.

Strengths

• Outstanding behavior and attitudes among pupils
• High-quality emotional support for pupils
• Effective early years curriculum that prepares children well
• Strong leadership understanding roles and responsibilities
• Engaging reading curriculum that immerses children in phonics
• Pupils with SEND receive well-structured support

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of curriculum in some subjects
• Some pupils lack secure knowledge in grammar and spelling
• Limited focus on fundamental writing skills as pupils progress

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 Platt Bridge Community School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.6% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Platt Bridge Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Platt Bridge Community School had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.2% 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, 14.6% of pupils at Platt Bridge Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 6 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 2023–24 Platt Bridge Community School received £9,640 and spent £9,993 for each of its 450 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,420,000 (£3,156 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Achievement Through Collaboration Trust, income was £7,898 and spending £8,064 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Platt Bridge Community School is part of Achievement Through Collaboration Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Hindley Junior and Infant School Wigan
• Witton Park Academy Blackburn
• Roseacre Primary Academy Blackpool
• Thames Primary Academy Blackpool
• Bowland High Clitheroe

What is Platt Bridge Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Platt Bridge Community School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Platt Bridge Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Platt Bridge Community School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Platt Bridge Community School have?

Platt Bridge Community School has 479 pupils on roll.

What age range does Platt Bridge Community School cover?

Platt Bridge Community School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Platt Bridge Community School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Platt Bridge Community School?

Platt Bridge Community School is at Rivington Avenue, Platt Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire, WN2 5NG.