Ofsted: Outstanding trending_up High Demand emoji_events #43 in Wigan public Top 42% UK

Leigh St John's CofE Primary

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Emma Lightfoot

location_onLeigh, WN7 1RY

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2019

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Students

210

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Expected Standard

67%

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Demand Ratio

1.5x

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Leigh St John's CofE Primary is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Leigh, serving ages 5-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Highly competitive: 1.5× more applications than places — plan well ahead. Ranks in the top 42% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Leigh St John's CofE Primary is a voluntary aided school in Leigh, Wigan, admitting pupils aged 5-11. The school has approximately 212 pupils on roll, of whom 20% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #43 of 97 primaries in Wigan and #5,621 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.5× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 25.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.9 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 63%

Reading83% LA 75%

Writing77% LA 72%

Maths87% LA 76%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

80%

LA 63%England 61%

Reading87% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing87% LA 74% · Eng 72%

Maths97% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 62%England 60%

Reading83% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing77% LA 74% · Eng 71%

Maths83% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.7

Read

LA 0.2

-0.5 to 4.0

0.3

Write

LA 0.9

-1.9 to 2.5

1.0

Maths

LA 0.5

-1.1 to 3.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 65%England 65%

Reading-% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing-% LA 78% · Eng 78%

Maths-% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA -0.2

Write

LA 0.4

Maths

LA 0.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 68%

Reading-% LA 78%

Writing-% LA 80%

Maths-% LA 80%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.7

Write

LA 0.7

Maths

LA 0.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

21 January 2025

Inspection Report

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04 June 2019

Inspection Report

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19 March 2009

Inspection Report

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08 May 2006

Inspection Report

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16 October 2000

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2019-06-04

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Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2009-03-19

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Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.4%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.9%(2 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 212 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.4%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	212	3	1.4%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	211	1	0.5%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	211	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	211	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	210	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	211	1	0.5%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	210	1	0.5%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	211	1	0.5%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	226	2	0.9%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	226	2	0.9%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	226	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	239	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	239	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	239	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	256	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	256	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	256	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	225	1	0.4%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	225	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	225	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	195	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	194	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	195	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	165	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	163	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	163	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 10 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 5 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 1 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils