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Golborne Community Primary School

3–11Ages
373Pupils
PrimaryPhase
147101URN

Talbot Street, Golborne, Warrington, WA3 3NN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.5 below Wigan median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wigan

85 applications for 59 places · 86th of 96 in Wigan

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

89%met the expected standard

Wigan 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 14 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Wigan median (1.9) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

85 applications · 59 places offered · 45 named it first

2026 1.4; Wigan median median 1.9
2025 1.5; Wigan median median 1.9
2024 1.7; Wigan median median 2.1
2023 1.9; Wigan median median 2.1
2022 1.6; Wigan median median 2.0
2021 1.5; Wigan median median 2.0
2020 1.9; Wigan median median 2.1
2019 2.0; Wigan median median 2.1; as the previous school
2018 1.6; Wigan median median 2.2; as the previous school
2017 1.7; Wigan median median 2.3; as the previous school
2016 2.0; Wigan median median 2.3; as the previous school
2015 1.7; Wigan median median 2.3; as the previous school
2014 1.8; Wigan median median 2.4; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Wigan median in 0 of 7 years.

This school
Wigan median

Dashed bars: as Golborne Community Primary School (URN 106420), 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	59	85	1.4	45	0.76
Sep 2025	60	92	1.5	54	0.90
Sep 2024	49	84	1.7	47	0.96
Sep 2023	35	66	1.9	33	0.94
Sep 2022	32	51	1.6	25	0.78
Sep 2021	38	58	1.5	35	0.92
Sep 2020	35	65	1.9	33	0.94
Sep 2019 *	33	66	2.0	33	1.00
Sep 2018 *	44	71	1.6	43	0.98
Sep 2017 *	40	67	1.7	39	0.98
Sep 2016 *	33	67	2.0	33	1.00
Sep 2015 *	45	77	1.7	51	1.13
Sep 2014 *	45	80	1.8	35	0.78

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 89% · Writing 91% · Maths 89% → all three 89% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard89%7th of 97 in Wigan

Wigan 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard89%

Wigan 77% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Wigan 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard91%

Wigan 76% England 75%

Greater depth19%

Wigan 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard89%

Wigan 80% England 77%

Higher standard49%

Wigan 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Wigan median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	89%	11%	108	109
2023/24	69%	6%	106	106
2022/23	86%	11%	106	108

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

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Golborne Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.4applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan
0.5 km · Wigan

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School
0.5 km · Wigan

Standards maintained2025

2.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Lowton West Primary School
1.3 km · Wigan

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
St Luke's CofE Primary School
1.9 km · Wigan

Remains Good2023

3.6applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton
2.1 km · Wigan

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School
2.2 km · Wigan

2026

1.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
St Thomas CofE Primary School
2.5 km · Wigan

Remains Good2024

2.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St Peter's CofE Primary School
2.5 km · St. Helens

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.0applications per place 83%met the SATs standard

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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: 147101 · 359/2037
Trust: Mosaic Learning Trust
Capacity: 345 pupils · 373 on roll
Free school meals: 30.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2019
Replaced: Golborne Community Primary School (URN 106420)
Address: Talbot Street, Golborne, Warrington, WA3 3NN
Local authority: Wigan

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