Leigh CofE Primary School

Leigh CofE Primary School has been rated as good in overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school fosters a welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and supported, irrespective of their backgrounds. Most students achieve well, particularly those in key stages 1 and 2, with effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, challenges exist in the early years provision, where some children are not achieving as well as they should due to a lack of clarity in curriculum delivery and staff expertise.

Strengths

• Welcoming environment that supports diverse backgrounds
• High expectations for academic achievement and personal growth
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Strong emphasis on developing a secure knowledge of phonics
• Engaging extracurricular activities that foster student development
• Positive behaviour management by most staff

Areas for Improvement

• Early years provision requires improvement
• Some early years staff lack expertise in language and communication skills
• Inconsistent behaviour guidance for early years children

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 Leigh CofE Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.5% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Leigh CofE Primary 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 Leigh CofE Primary School had 26.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.9% 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, 24.0% of pupils at Leigh CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 2024–25 Leigh CofE Primary School received £7,572 and spent £7,139 for each of its 332 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £342,000 (£1,029 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of The Wings' Ce Trust, income was £7,679 and spending £7,502 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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All schools in Leigh · Wigan local authority: places and applications

Leigh CofE Primary School is part of The Wings' Ce Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Atherton St George's CofE Primary School Manchester
• St Mark's CofE Primary School Wigan

What is Leigh CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Leigh CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Leigh CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Leigh CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Leigh CofE Primary School have?

Leigh CofE Primary School has 350 pupils on roll.

What age range does Leigh CofE Primary School cover?

Leigh CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Leigh CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Leigh CofE Primary School?

Leigh CofE Primary School is at Henrietta Street, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 1LP.