What did Ofsted judge Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in October 2013 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in April 2023 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School?

Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School has 231 pupils on roll.

What ages does Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School take?

Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

How do I apply to Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School?

Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

How close do you need to live to get into Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School?

On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School was 0.46 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.

How are Reception places decided at Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School?

When Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children — Looked after children, previously looked after children and children who appear to the Local Authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care because they were adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). Applications for previously looked after children must be supported with appropriate evidence i.e. a copy of the adoption order, child arrangements order or special guardianship order. A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. Applications must be supported with appropriate evidence that the child has been adopted from state care; 2. Children whose older brothers or sisters attend the school and will still be there at the time of admission; 3. Children who live closest to the school — Children who live closest to the school. Oversubscription criteria for St Mary’s CE Primary School Where the school receives more applications than places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied once places have first been allocated to pupils who have an education health and care plan which names the school: 1 Looked after children, previously looked after children and children who appear to the Local Authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care because they were adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). Applications for previously looked after children must be supported with appropriate evidence i.e. a copy of the adoption order, child arrangements order or special guardianship order. A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. Applications must be supported with appropriate evidence that the child has been adopted from state care. 2. Children whose older brothers or sisters attend the school and will still be there at the time of admission. 3. Children who live in…, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point.

What is the largest ethnic background at Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 87.4% of pupils at Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School

How close did you need to live?

0.46miles

was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27 (Reception). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.

Last distance offered at Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School, year by year →

How places are decided at Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after children — Looked after children, previously looked after children and children who appear to the Local Authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care because they were adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). Applications for previously looked after children must be supported with appropriate evidence i.e. a copy of the adoption order, child arrangements order or special guardianship order. A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. Applications must be supported with appropriate evidence that the child has been adopted from state care.
2Children whose older brothers or sisters attend the school and will still be there at the time of admission
3Children who live closest to the school — Children who live closest to the school. Oversubscription criteria for St Mary’s CE Primary School Where the school receives more applications than places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied once places have first been allocated to pupils who have an education health and care plan which names the school: 1 Looked after children, previously looked after children and children who appear to the Local Authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care because they were adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). Applications for previously looked after children must be supported with appropriate evidence i.e. a copy of the adoption order, child arrangements order or special guardianship order. A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. Applications must be supported with appropriate evidence that the child has been adopted from state care. 2. Children whose older brothers or sisters attend the school and will still be there at the time of admission. 3. Children who live in…
4Children who live closest to the school — Children who live closest to the school. Map for criterion 3 for St Mary’s CE Primary School

Wigan Council is the admission authority for its community and voluntary controlled primary schools and determines one set of arrangements covering them all (2027-28); this school is named in the PAN table of that document.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.