Schools in Leigh
Leigh is a large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, served by 18 schools: 15 primaries and 2 secondaries - Bedford High School and The Westleigh School. Wigan Council co-ordinates admissions across the borough, and Leigh's secondary schools draw from clearly defined catchment zones within the town.
Leigh has one of the highest concentrations of faith schools in Greater Manchester: 12 of its 18 schools carry a religious character, including Catholic and Church of England foundations. Eight schools are currently at or above their published admission number. Seven schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. At faith schools, a Supplementary Information Form is typically required alongside the co-ordinated application, and faith criteria will take precedence over distance if the school is oversubscribed.
School demand in Leigh
Across the 17 schools in Leigh with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 100%. 8 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
12 schools in Leigh have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
4 of the schools in Leigh are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Wigan, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
7 of the schools in Leigh have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Leigh: 8 oversubscribed (15)
Leigh Central Primary School
Primary · Community school
Leigh · WN7 1UY
Newton Westpark Primary School
Primary · Community school
Leigh · WN7 5JY
Gilded Hollins Community School
Primary · Community school
Leigh · WN7 3PQ
St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Leigh · WN7 2AS
Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Leigh · WN7 5JN
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Leigh · WN7 2PW
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Leigh · WN7 1UX
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Leigh · WN7 2XG
Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Leigh · WN7 4HB
Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Leigh · WN7 1YE
Leigh St John's CofE Primary
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Leigh · WN7 1RY
Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Leigh · WN7 4TP
Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Leigh · WN7 3DJ
Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Leigh · WN7 5NJ
Leigh CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Leigh · WN7 1LP
Secondary Schools in Leigh (2)
Other Schools in Leigh (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Leigh are set by Wigan and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.