Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Lancashire
Mossy Lea Road, Wigan, WN6 9RN
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Improved significantly
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.6%
13.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
24
Capacity used
Has space46%
52 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
2 of 2 families who put it first got an offer
2
Places offered
8
Total applications
4.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 2 | 2 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 4 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 8 | 2 | 25% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Andy Purcell
- Address
- Mossy Lea Road, Wrightington, Wigan, WN6 9RN
- Phone
- 01257423107
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Rural North East · West Lancashire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119225
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 0% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
24 pupils · 52 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
14 January 2025
Ungraded inspection
Improved significantly
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 22 pupils
Attendance
94.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
13.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | — | — | — |
| Higher standard | — | — | — |
| Reading progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Writing progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Maths progress | — | — | 0.0 |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.