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St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley

Primary · Wigan · WN2 3HY

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 29 February 2024

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At a glance

281 pupils · 89% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
33.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
stpeters-hindley.org.uk
URN
141643

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2016 entry went to 0.207 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 11 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 29 February 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2016 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.207 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

42 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Wigan average65.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Reynolds Primary AcademyCleethorpes · 105 miles awayRequires improvement63%
Trewirgie Junior SchoolRedruth · 254 miles awayGood44%
Littleborough Community Primary SchoolLittleborough · 22 miles awayGood70%
Canvey Primary School and NurseryCanvey Island · 192 miles awayGood74%
The Limes Primary AcademyLowestoft · 193 miles awayGood64%
Todmorden CofE J, I & N SchoolTodmorden · 24 miles awayGood56%
Elm CofE Primary SchoolWisbech · 130 miles awayExpected standard61%
Upperwood AcademyBarnsley · 49 miles awayGood (2016)66%
Engaines Primary School and NurseryClacton-on-Sea · 196 miles awayGood69%
Rochford Primary and Nursery SchoolRochford · 193 miles awayStrong standard77%
Barton St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolBarton-upon-Humber · 89 miles awayExpected standard61%
Osbaldwick Primary AcademyYork · 69 miles awayGood60%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Wigan 79%, England 60%) · Black African 2% (Wigan 5%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wigan 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Wigan 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wigan 0%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Wigan 1%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Wigan 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Wigan 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wigan 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Wigan 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.58 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wigan: 2.41 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

70% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

23.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £59,928; 38.9% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,258
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£376,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier58.2%62.3%
Social housing26.7%17.1%
Privately rented14.8%20.5%
Detached houses17.1%22.9%
Flats16.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13%21.1%
Households with no car or van31%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006269 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£155,000239 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£125,000–£215,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (38)£270,000
Semi-detached (67)£188,500
Terraced (125)£135,000
Flat (9)£100,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.33 km, 2016 entry): 40 sales, median £149,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
22an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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