Chowbent Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Manchester, Wigan·M46 9FP
Composite score
36.2
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#12,100
National rank
#1802
In North West
#87
In Wigan
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 19 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.19
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320220.9320230.7520240.7020250.902026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Chowbent Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
142
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,914
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Chowbent Primary School at a glance

Located in Manchester, Wigan, Chowbent Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school. The school educates roughly 142 pupils aged 4 to 11. 36% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 34.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Chowbent Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 19 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. Chowbent Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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