Parklee Community School
Wardour Street, Atherton, Wigan, M46 0AR
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Parklee Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Dawn Roper
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 342
- Pupils on roll
- 348
- URN
- 106426
- Local authority
- Wigan
About this school
Parklee Community School was a community primary school in Wigan. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 348 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Parklee Community School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 44 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 50% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 2% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 70% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 64% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 61% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.00 | - | - |
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 Parklee Community 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 | 59% | 62.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 62.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 336 |
| 2023/24 | 339 |
| 2024/25 | 348 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parklee Community School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 5.9% | 24% | 348 | — |
| Parklee Primary School | — | — | — | 325 | 0.0 miles |
| Chowbent Primary School | 36% | 5.8% | 32.4% | 147 | 0.4 miles |
| Sacred Heart RC Primary School | 61% | 6.2% | 42% | 178 | 0.4 miles |
| Hindsford CofE Primary School | 77% | 4.2% | 43.8% | 207 | 0.5 miles |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton | 71% | 5.5% | 15.4% | 397 | 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)
- 24.03%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 5.92%
- Persistent absence
- 15.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Parklee Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wigan
-
Chowbent Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Sacred Heart RC Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Hindsford CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Wigan
- Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Aspull Church Primary School Primary
- Beech Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Bickershaw CofE Primary School Primary
- Billinge Chapel End Primary School Primary
- Britannia Bridge Primary School Primary
- Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School Primary
- Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Garswood Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Parklee Community School teach?
- Parklee Community School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Wigan.
- Has Parklee Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Parklee Community School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Parklee Community School?
- Parklee Community School had 348 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Parklee Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Parklee Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parklee Community 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 7 July 2025.