Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh
Windermere Road, Leigh, WN7 1UX
300 pupils · 95% of 315 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Free school meals
- 32.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 July 2025, published 15 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 51% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.49 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 43 | 21 | 55 | 31 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 45 | 21 | 48 | 26 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 21 | 20 | 39 | 21 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 24 | 24 | 56 | 24 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 26 | 23 | 52 | 24 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 29 | 24 | 57 | 26 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 29 | 21 | 62 | 27 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 37 | 32 | 77 | 37 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Leigh Central Primary School 0 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Leigh CofE Primary School 0.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary 0.5 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington 0.8 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh 1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.