St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh
Mather Lane, Leigh, WN7 2PW
204 pupils · 97% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Free school meals
- 22.5%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 24 March 2026, published 21 May 2026. 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 | 45% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“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 — 1.03 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 31 | 75 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 35 | 66 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 29 | 26 | 60 | 28 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 29 | 69 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 26 | 66 | 28 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 25 | 24 | 64 | 25 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 33 | 82 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 31 | 74 | 30 |
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 Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh 0.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington 0.7 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Leigh CofE Primary School 0.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Leigh Central Primary School 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 1 km · No overall grade (2025)
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.