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Primary · M46 · Wigan

Parklee Primary School

Wardour Street, Atherton, Wigan, M46 0AR

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Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance96.5%
Attainment56% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils348

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Apr 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management and early years good; personal development outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in M46. Where we have them, council (Wigan) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
348
Free school meals
23.3%
11.2% below district average (34.5%)

Also: Wigan 28.7% · England 24.7%

SEN
20.1%
11.1% below district average (31.2%)

Also: Wigan 18.9% · England 18.2%

EAL
4%
6.8% below district average (10.8%)
Attendance
96.5%
1% above district average (95.5%)

Also: Wigan 95% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
5%
Attainment
56% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the M46 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
342
Pupils on roll
348

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Wigan page.

SEN support

SEN %
20.1%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates