Leigh Central Primary School
Windermere Road, Leigh, WN7 1UY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Dawn Hurst
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 211
- URN
- 106418
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01942673810
About this school
Leigh Central Primary School is a community primary school in Leigh. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 211 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 53% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 47% | 73% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 33% | 67% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 40% | 77% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Leigh Central Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wigan average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27% | 62.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 62.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 204 |
| 2023/24 | 211 |
| 2024/25 | 211 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Leigh Central Primary School compares
Leigh Central Primary School ranked 77th of 97 primary schools in Wigan for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 5.7% | 49.3% | 211 | — |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh | 51% | 7% | 33.9% | 300 | 0.0 miles |
| Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School | 43% | 5.2% | 29.5% | 211 | 0.1 miles |
| Leigh CofE Primary School | 60% | 5.6% | 45.3% | 350 | 0.1 miles |
| Leigh St John's CofE Primary | 67% | 4.7% | 20.3% | 210 | 0.3 miles |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington | 43% | 6.6% | 40.4% | 205 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.29%
- English as an additional language
- 29.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.68%
- Persistent absence
- 20.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh0.0 miles
Primary · Leigh
-
Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Leigh
-
Leigh CofE Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Leigh
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Leigh St John's CofE Primary0.3 miles
Primary · Leigh
-
Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington0.5 miles
Primary · Leigh
Other schools in Leigh
Leigh Central Primary School ranks 9th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Leigh.
- Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington Primary
- Gilded Hollins Community School Primary
- Leigh CofE Primary School Primary
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary Primary
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary
- Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School Primary
- Newton Westpark Primary School Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh Primary
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Leigh Central Primary School teach?
- Leigh Central Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leigh.
- Who is the headteacher of Leigh Central Primary School?
- The headteacher of Leigh Central Primary School is Mrs Dawn Hurst, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Leigh Central Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Leigh Central Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Leigh Central Primary School?
- Leigh Central Primary School has 211 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Leigh Central Primary School full?
- Leigh Central Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 211 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Leigh Central Primary School a faith school?
- No. Leigh Central Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Leigh Central Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Leigh Central Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Leigh Central Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Leigh Central Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Leigh Central Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 27% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Leigh Central Primary School rank locally?
- Leigh Central Primary School ranked 77th of 97 primary schools in Wigan for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Leigh Central Primary School's absence rate?
- Leigh Central Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Leigh Central Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Leigh Central Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.