Winstanley Community Primary School

Community schoolPrimaryAges 3–11Mixed

Tan House Drive, Winstanley, Wigan, WN3 6JP

Headteacher · Mrs Catherine Whalley

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 5 October 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils440Capacity 475

OfstedSchool remains OutstandingInspected 29 February 2024

Free school meals11.2%

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 29 February 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Wigan council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 44 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered47

Applications93

First choice44

First-choice offers44

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).