Primary schools in Leigh
15 primary schools in Leigh, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Leigh in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 15 schools in Leigh first 503 times for 508 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Wigan authority's 98 schools. 7 of the 15 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 3 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.38 miles (Leigh Central Primary School) to 0.86 miles (Newton Westpark Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington
- Gilded Hollins Community School
- Leigh CofE Primary School
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School
- Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School
- Newton Westpark Primary School
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School
- St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary
- Leigh Central Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh
- Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School
- Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School
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