Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School
Mossy Lea Road, Wigan, WN6 9RN
24 pupils · 46% of 52 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
Ofsted
Improved significantly (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Improved significantly” (no overall grade issued)
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 14 January 2025, published 6 February 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 | Not published (small cohort) |
| Reaching the higher standard | Not published (small cohort) |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
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
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington 1.2 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School 2.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull 2.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Coppull Primary School and Nursery 2.9 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy 2.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
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.