Primary school in Wigan
Hindley Junior and Infant School
Argyle Street, Wigan, Lancashire, WN2 3PN
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 April 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 210
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wigan 016B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 16%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 28%
- Households owning their home
- 47%
- Households in social housing
- 32%
- Households with no car
- 34%
- Adults economically inactive
- 43%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH COLLABORATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Adele McKeever
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Ward
- Hindley
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- URN
- 152439
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindley All Saints CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 71% | 0.3 mi |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School, HindleyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 71% | 0.4 mi |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School HindleyVoluntary aided school | Good 2022 | 86% | 0.5 mi |
| Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 73% | 0.6 mi |
| Platt Bridge Community SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 72% | 1.1 mi |
| St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2024 | 55% | 1.1 mi |
| St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley GreenAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 71% | 1.2 mi |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley GreenVoluntary aided school | No grade | 64% | 1.2 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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