School Admission Appeals

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.

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.

Contested primary schools in Wigan, 2026/27
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.