Platt Bridge Community School
Primary · Wigan · WN2 5NG
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 10 July 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
479 pupils · 95% of 504 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 46.9% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 17% of pupils
- SEN support
- 12.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.1% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 139300
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.91 first-choice applications per place56 places offered · 51 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
58 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 17% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby schools
- St Mary's CofE Primary School
- Newbridge Learning Community
- Holy Family Catholic Academy
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Abram
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley
- Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley
- Hindley Junior and Infant School