Golborne Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Warrington, Wigan·WA3 3NN
Composite score
70.7
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National rank
#198
In North West
#17
In Wigan
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
89%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
45 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
0.76
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
85
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7820220.9420230.9620240.9020250.762026

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

Every child who put Golborne Community 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
361
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
21.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,204
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Golborne Community Primary School

Golborne Community Primary School is a primary school in Warrington, Wigan, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 361 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 89% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 20.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 109 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 Golborne Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 59 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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