Beech Hill Community Primary School, Wigan

From the headteacher's welcome: "A co-educational school for children aged between 3 and 11 years. The school was established in 1913 and has developed alongside the community it serves. Since it opened, thousands of children have passed through its doors and generations of families have attended the school."

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Beech Hill Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 79% in Wigan and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 84% in reading and 84% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Beech Hill Community Primary School as their first choice and 68 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Beech Hill Community Primary School are Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 77% reading, 74% maths); Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 77% reading, 80% maths); Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 60% reading, 70% maths); and Woodfield Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 97% reading, 93% maths).

Beech Hill Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

44% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 27% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (70%), Asian (10%) and Black (8%).

In 2026, 89 pupils (31.6%) received SEN support and 12 (4.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Beech Hill Community Primary School has a SEN unit for autism: 10 places, 9 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Wigan Wallgate Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Anne's Church (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Beech Hill Community Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Beech Hill Community Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Beech Hill Community Primary School are St John Fisher Catholic High School (0.2 miles) and The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College (1 mile).