Contested schools in Wigan
These are the Wigan schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Wigan
Secondary schools (12)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Byrchall High School | 250 | 315 | 1.26 |
| St Peter's Catholic High School | 199 | 238 | 1.20 |
| Golborne High School | 236 | 279 | 1.18 |
| The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College | 245 | 275 | 1.12 |
| St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield | 233 | 258 | 1.11 |
| Fred Longworth High School | 259 | 284 | 1.10 |
| Shevington High School | 169 | 183 | 1.08 |
| St John Fisher Catholic High School | 194 | 201 | 1.04 |
| St Mary's Catholic High School | 256 | 262 | 1.02 |
| Atherton High School | 120 | 119 | 0.99 |
| Outwood Academy Hindley | 176 | 172 | 0.98 |
| Standish Community High School | 240 | 215 | 0.90 |
Primary schools (50)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh St John's CofE Primary | 28 | 60 | 2.14 |
| Nicol Mere School | 60 | 96 | 1.60 |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | 30 | 48 | 1.60 |
| Hindsford CofE Primary School | 29 | 46 | 1.59 |
| Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan | 30 | 44 | 1.47 |
| All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan | 30 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Millbrook Primary School | 30 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Parklee Primary School | 30 | 43 | 1.43 |
| St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish | 30 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Woodfield Primary School | 30 | 42 | 1.40 |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge | 29 | 38 | 1.31 |
| Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Gilded Hollins Community School | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School | 29 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Leigh Central Primary School | 30 | 37 | 1.23 |
| St William's Catholic Primary School | 28 | 34 | 1.21 |
| Orrell Newfold Community Primary School | 59 | 71 | 1.20 |
| St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell | 46 | 54 | 1.17 |
| Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School | 29 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Marsh Green Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Beech Hill Community Primary School | 29 | 32 | 1.10 |
| St Catharine's CofE Primary School | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy | 90 | 97 | 1.08 |
| Meadowbank Primary School | 29 | 31 | 1.07 |
| St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School | 29 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Garrett Hall Primary School | 88 | 92 | 1.05 |
| Marus Bridge Primary School | 57 | 59 | 1.04 |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | 29 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Britannia Bridge Primary School | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | 60 | 60 | 1 |
| Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School | 30 | 29 | 0.97 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | 43 | 40 | 0.93 |
| Shevington Vale Primary School | 29 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Tyldesley Primary School | 51 | 46 | 0.90 |
| Westfield Community School | 50 | 45 | 0.90 |
| Lowton West Primary School | 60 | 52 | 0.87 |
| Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan | 20 | 17 | — |
| Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy | 59 | 50 | 0.85 |
| Wood Fold Primary School | 86 | 72 | 0.84 |
| Newton Westpark Primary School | 30 | 25 | 0.83 |
| St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common | 18 | 15 | — |
| Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School | 30 | 23 | 0.77 |
| Aspull Church Primary School | 30 | 22 | 0.73 |
| Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School | 24 | 17 | — |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.