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St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green

  • 4–11Ages
  • 170Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 141644URN

Atherton Road, Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4SD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2023
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to Wigan median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wigan

51 applications for 24 places · 41st of 96 in Wigan
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
71%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2023

Inspection history

  1. 3 February 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
close to Wigan median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

51 applications · 24 places offered · 22 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Wigan median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.8; Wigan median median 1.9
  3. 2024 3.1; Wigan median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.5; Wigan median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.7; Wigan median median 2.0
  6. 2021 4.0; Wigan median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.4; Wigan median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.8; Wigan median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.8; Wigan median median 2.2
  10. 2017 3.2; Wigan median median 2.3
  11. 2016 3.7; Wigan median median 2.3
  12. 2015 3.5; Wigan median median 2.3
  13. 2014 3.5; Wigan median median 2.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Wigan median in 12 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Wigan median

Dashed bars: as Hindley Green St John's Junior and Infant School (URN 106473), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202624512.1220.92
Sep 202523652.8180.78
Sep 202418553.1150.83
Sep 202320502.5120.60
Sep 202223632.7220.96
Sep 202114564.0141.00
Sep 202030712.4240.80
Sep 201929802.8270.93
Sep 201826732.8240.92
Sep 201724773.2241.00
Sep 201623853.7170.74
Sep 201521733.5140.67
Sep 2014 *21743.5150.71

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 79% · Maths 75% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%35th of 97 in Wigan
Reading
Expected standard83%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard75%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Wigan median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2571%8%106105
2023/2460%7%105105
2022/2343%3%103103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
141644 · 359/3364
Trust
Quest (A Church of England Schools Trust)
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 170 on roll
Free school meals
27.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2015
Replaced
Hindley Green St John's Junior and Infant School (URN 106473)
Address
Atherton Road, Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4SD
Local authority
Wigan

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources