Willow Grove Primary School
Community special school in Wigan (Wigan).
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Nearby schools
nearest first19 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School, 0.3 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Wilfrids Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.3 mi | Primary | 187 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in all seven areas |
| St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.8 mi | Primary | 174 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2024Last graded Good (Apr 2019) |
| St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.1 mi | Primary | 242 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2022Last graded Good (Jun 2013) |
| Nicol Mere SchoolCommunity | 1.1 mi | Primary | 418 | Outstanding, 2023 |
| Cansfield High SchoolCommunity | 1.2 mi | Secondary | 974 | Good, 2024 |
| R L Hughes Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.2 mi | Primary | 425 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2023Last graded Good (Jan 2013) |
| St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-MakerfieldVoluntary aided | 1.4 mi | Secondary | 1,204 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in all six areas |
| The Byrchall High SchoolAcademy converter | 1.4 mi | Secondary | 1,138 | Good, 2022 |
| Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.5 mi | Primary | 186 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 6 |
| Ascent Autism Specialist CollegeSpecial post 16 institution | 1.5 mi | Special | - | - |
| Golborne Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.5 mi | Primary | 373 | Good, 2023 |
| Landgate School, BrynCommunity special | 1.5 mi | Special | 177 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding; sixth form provision Outstanding |
| Holy Family Catholic AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.6 mi | Primary | 228 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.6 mi | Primary | 216 | Good, 2020Ungraded inspection Mar 2025, no grade given |
| Golborne High SchoolFoundation | 1.6 mi | Secondary | 1,144 | Outstanding, 2023 |
| St John's Church of England Primary School, AbramAcademy converter | 1.6 mi | Primary | 274 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Sep 2017) |
| All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, WiganVoluntary aided | 1.7 mi | Primary | 250 | Ungraded inspection, Apr 2025Last graded Outstanding (Jan 2019) |
| Martha H SchoolOther independent special | 1.9 mi | Special | 28 | - |
| Platt Bridge Community SchoolAcademy converter | 2.0 mi | Primary | 479 | Good, 2024 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 20% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 9 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 25
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