Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
Select · WN7 5JS · Wigan
Ages 4–11
- KS267%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM32.9%
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 106422
Newton Westpark Primary School
Community school · Leigh · WN7 5JY
Ages 4–11 · 202 pupils · Wigan
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
68%
Overall absence
7.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)68%
Higher standard (RWM)3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.7%
Unauthorised2.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 191
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill96%
202 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 202
- Boys / girls
- 108 / 94
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 202 / 210 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 56.9%
- FSM pupils
- 115
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carol Whiting
Location
- Address
- Tennyson Avenue
- Postcode
- WN7 5JY
- Town
- Leigh
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Wigan
- District
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Leigh, Wigan, 202 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 56.9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Leigh · WN7 5NJ · Wigan
Ages 2–11
- KS248%
- Absence7.8%
- FSM29.5%
0.4 miles away
Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Leigh · WN7 5JN · Wigan
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM54.6%
0.4 miles away
Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Leigh · WN7 4TP · Wigan
Ages 2–11
- KS246%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM50.9%
0.8 miles away
Leigh St John's CofE Primary
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Leigh · WN7 1RY · Wigan
Ages 5–11
- KS270%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM21.4%
0.8 miles away
Bickershaw CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Wigan · WN2 4AE · Wigan
Ages 4–11
- KS252%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM37.7%
0.9 miles away
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Leigh · WN7 1UX · Wigan
Ages 4–11
- KS233%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM32.3%
1.0 miles away
Leigh Central Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Leigh · WN7 1UY · Wigan
Ages 4–11
- KS227%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM44.5%
1.0 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carol Whiting
- Telephone
- 01942606834