St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

MakerfieldConstituency

WN2 4SDPostcode

5.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green 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 170 pupils. St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green is part of QUEST (A CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS TRUST).

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 60%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

170

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

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: 170
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: QUEST (A CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS TRUST)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 3 February 2023. 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
13 Dec 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.