St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh, Leigh
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Joseph's creates a genuinely caring school family where children feel valued, safe and happy. Staff have high expectations of all pupils and provide sensitive, well-considered support to help them succeed - whether they need extra help with reading, have additional needs, or simply need someone to notice their interests and talents. The school balances academic achievement with strong pastoral care, ensuring every child feels they belong.
Key Strengths
- Pupils make sound progress from their starting points, with the vast majority achieving well including disadvantaged pupils
- Staff create a calm, productive learning environment where pupils are respectful, polite and considerate, with bullying being rare
- Strong early reading focus with children becoming confident, fluent readers well prepared for Year 1
- All pupils, including those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, receive tailored support to learn well and access the wider school offer
- Leaders have secure plans for school development and staff receive well-considered training to teach the curriculum effectively
Areas for Improvement
- Writing achievement was a concern in 2025 data, though current pupils show more positive progress
- School leaders' checks on quality occasionally lack precision to support timely improvements
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and acted upon, making pupils safer and helping them feel secure.
Extracurricular Activities
Seeds and gardeners programme, sports fixtures
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh is a welcoming Catholic primary school where pupils learn in a happy and safe environment with warm, nurturing relationships. The school has an accurate understanding of its effectiveness and makes regular improvements to support all pupils to achieve well.
At a Glance
22.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 87%. Maths has remained stable at around 94%. Writing has declined from 81% to 45%.
Class Sizes
30.4
Avg class size
30.3
Infant (KS1)
30.5
KS2
7
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
97%
Near capacity
204 pupils
210 capacity
6 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Leigh
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Leigh
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)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.77684%
Overall absence
12.56831%
Persistent absence
183
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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