Primary schools in Wigan
70 primary schools in Wigan, 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.
Wigan in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 69 schools in Wigan first 2,212 times for 2,223 places: 1.00 first choices per place. 20 of the 69 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 11 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.20 miles (Millbrook Primary School) to 3.10 miles (Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan
- Newburgh Church of England Primary School
- Nicol Mere School
- Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy
- Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
- Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold
- Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan
- St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish
- St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School
- Winstanley Community Primary School
- Wood Fold Primary School
- Woodfield Primary School
- Bickershaw CofE Primary School
- Billinge Chapel End Primary School
- Britannia Bridge Primary School
- Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery
- Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School
- Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School
- Garswood Primary and Nursery School
- Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
- Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School
- Hindley Green Community Primary School
- Hindley Junior and Infant School
- Holy Family Catholic Academy
- Ince CofE Primary School
- Marsh Green Primary School
- Parklee Primary School
- Platt Bridge Community School
- R L Hughes Primary School
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
- St Catharine's CofE Primary School
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Wigan
- St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School
- St James' Church of England Primary School
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Abram
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green
- St John's CofE Primary School
- St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan
- St Mark's CofE Primary School
- St Mary's CofE Primary School
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley
- St Thomas CofE Primary School
- St William's Catholic Primary School
- Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School
- Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy
- Westfield Community School
- Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School
- Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School
- Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy
- Aspull Church Primary School
- Beech Hill Community Primary School
- Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School
- Mab's Cross Primary School
- Millbrook Primary School
- St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School
- Rectory CofE Primary School
- Shevington Vale Primary School
- St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington
- Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School
- Marus Bridge Primary School
- Orrell Holgate Academy
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