Gilded Hollins Community School
St Helen's Road, Leigh, WN7 3PQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Christine Burns
- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 209
- URN
- 106431
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01942678903
About this school
Gilded Hollins Community School is a community primary school in Leigh. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 209 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 13 July 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 10% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 100% | 97% | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 100% | 97% | 97% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 97% | 94% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 108.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +5.50 | - | - |
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 Gilded Hollins 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 | 97% | 62.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 97% | 62.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 97% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 208 |
| 2023/24 | 217 |
| 2024/25 | 212 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gilded Hollins Community School compares
Gilded Hollins Community School ranked 2nd of 97 primary schools in Wigan for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 97% | 4.4% | 9.9% | 209 | — |
| Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School | 71% | 5.2% | 15.2% | 229 | 0.5 miles |
| Lowton Junior and Infant School | 56% | 6.8% | 33.7% | 199 | 0.9 miles |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington | 43% | 6.6% | 40.4% | 205 | 1.3 miles |
| St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton | 73% | 5.2% | 14.6% | 212 | 1.3 miles |
| Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School | 60% | 5.5% | 48.5% | 331 | 1.4 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)
- 9.91%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.37%
- Persistent absence
- 6.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Lowton Junior and Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington1.3 miles
Primary · Leigh
-
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton1.3 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Leigh
Other schools in Leigh
Gilded Hollins Community School ranks 1st of the 15 ranked primary schools in Leigh.
- Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington Primary
- Leigh Central Primary 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 Gilded Hollins Community School teach?
- Gilded Hollins Community School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leigh.
- Who is the headteacher of Gilded Hollins Community School?
- The headteacher of Gilded Hollins Community School is Mrs Christine Burns, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gilded Hollins Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gilded Hollins Community 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 Gilded Hollins Community School?
- Gilded Hollins Community School has 209 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Gilded Hollins Community School full?
- Gilded Hollins Community School has capacity for 210 pupils and 209 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 Gilded Hollins Community School a faith school?
- No. Gilded Hollins Community School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gilded Hollins Community School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Gilded Hollins Community School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Gilded Hollins Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 97% in 2022/23 and 97% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gilded Hollins Community School rank locally?
- Gilded Hollins Community School ranked 2nd of 97 primary schools in Wigan for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gilded Hollins Community School's absence rate?
- Gilded Hollins Community School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gilded Hollins Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gilded Hollins 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 29 June 2026.