Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh

About Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh is a primary school in Leigh, Wigan, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 298 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 21 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh 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.