Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school · Primary school · Leigh, Wigan
WN7 4TP
Composite score
50.7

School overview

Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Leigh, Wigan, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 366 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 60% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Leigh St Peter's CofE 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 further down the page.

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#7,012
National rank
#969
In North West
#54
In Wigan
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 366 % FSM ever-6 48.5% % EAL 24.0% Age range 2–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Location

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