Beech Hill Community Primary School, Wigan
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school creates a warm, welcoming community where pupils thrive due to excellent behaviour and positive attitudes to learning. Teaching is at least good with strong subject knowledge, particularly in literacy and mathematics. Parents appreciate the high expectations set for their children and the open-door policy that keeps them involved in school life.
Key Strengths
- Strong leadership that creates a valued and respected school community with high expectations
- Excellent pupil attitudes and behaviour with strong staff-pupil relationships
- Good progress at all phases, from early years through to key stage 2
- Quality teaching with examples of outstanding practice, particularly in literacy and mathematics
- Well-maintained school building providing a welcoming, orderly and safe learning environment
Areas for Improvement
- Increase the proportion of most-able pupils, particularly girls, achieving above expected level by end of Year 6
- Provide more first-hand learning opportunities about different faiths and cultures in modern Britain
- Continue driving to secure outstanding teaching and learning throughout the school
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective, with the school placing highest priority on pupil safety through vigilant health and safety measures, dedicated pastoral care, strong links with other professions, and thorough child protection training and recruitment checks.
Extracurricular Activities
Topic-based learning linking subjects, playground leadership and buddy roles for older pupils, early years parent involvement activities
Beech Hill Community Primary School continues to be good, maintaining strong quality education since its last inspection in 2012. The school has an inspirational leadership team with excellent pupil attitudes and high standards of behaviour.
At a Glance
45.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 82%. Maths has declined from 84% to 79%. Writing has improved from 73% to 79%.
Class Sizes
25.7
Avg class size
21.0
Infant (KS1)
27.5
KS2
9
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
104%
Over capacity
282 pupils
270 capacity
12 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Wigan
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Admissions Demand - Wigan
Places available
3,894
Applications
3,601
Got 1st preference
89.7%
Got preferred school
97.0%
Primary admissions across Wigan (2025/26)
Inspection History(110)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.84386%
Overall absence
12.60163%
Persistent absence
246
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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