Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

Leigh and AthertonConstituency

WN7 4HBPostcode

5.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Wigan, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 205 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 57%
Higher standard: 17%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

205

Total Pupils

42%Boys

58%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 205
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 29 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Mar 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.