Chowbent Primary School

Voluntary controlled schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed

Laburnum Street, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9FP

Headteacher · Mr James Randle

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 22 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils147Capacity 210

OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 30 April 2025

Free school meals36.1%

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 30 April 2025.

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 17 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered19

Applications41

First choice17

First-choice offers17

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).