Marsh Green Primary School

WiganCommunity school

Kitt Green Road, Marsh Green, Wigan, WN5 0EF

Headteacher: Mrs Gillian LeighSchool website ↗Pupils: 392 (capacity: 420)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected July 2025
Oversubscribed
97% of first-choice applicants offered a place
50%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected July 2025
97%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 8 July 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Good

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
50.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
13.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 65%·Writing 59%·Maths 57%All three 50%
Reading
Expected65%
Exceeding22%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected59%
Exceeding13%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected57%
Exceeding26%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
36
How many families wanted this school first?
37
How many got their first choice?
36of 37 (97.3%)
How many applied in total?
49

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
65.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
28.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
15.0%
Boys and girls
51%girls·49%boys
199 girls, 193 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Peaked at 75% (2017/18), currently 50%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1646.0%0.0%-0.7+2.4-0.1
2016/1757.0%4.0%+1.8+0.5+1.2
2017/1875.0%14.0%+4.6+4.1+5.8
2018/1963.0%3.0%0.0-0.4+0.8
2022/2329.0%0.0%-3.8-4.7-4.2
2023/2444.0%0.0%---
2024/2550.0%13.0%---
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