Best Primary Schools in Leigh

We checked all 16 primary schools in Leigh, Wigan,, and every one is ranked.

Schools checked
16
Ranked
16
Without a rank
0

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Leigh. Schools with the same score share a rank.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Wigan. Wigan also has rankings for Wigan.

Ranked primary schools in Leigh

  1. 1

    Gilded Hollins Community School

    Local authority maintained, 209 pupils, inspected January 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    97%
    Higher standard
    10%

  2. 2

    St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 375 pupils, inspected September 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    17%

  3. 3

    Leigh St John's CofE Primary

    Local authority maintained, 210 pupils, inspected June 2019

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    7%

  4. 4

    Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 331 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    10%

  5. 5

    Leigh CofE Primary School

    Academy, 350 pupils, inspected April 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    12%

  6. 6

    Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 213 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    7%

  7. 7

    Newton Westpark Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 202 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    4%

  8. 8

    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh

    Local authority maintained, 204 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    0%

  9. 9

    Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School

    Academy, 255 pupils, inspected December 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    3%

  10. 10

    Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 205 pupils, inspected March 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    7%

  11. 11

    Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 211 pupils, inspected July 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    10%

  12. 12

    Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School

    Academy, 234 pupils, inspected April 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    42%
    Higher standard
    10%

  13. 13

    St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh

    Local authority maintained, 395 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    48%
    Higher standard
    2%

  14. 14

    Leigh Central Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 211 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    0%

  15. 15

    Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington

    Local authority maintained, 205 pupils, inspected February 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    0%

  16. 16

    Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh

    Local authority maintained, 300 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    51%
    Higher standard
    0%