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Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery

PrimaryAges 2–11Voluntary aidedChurch of England

Tyldesley, M29 8DH · Wigan local authority

Tyldesley’s School Grade A− better than 78% of towns in England

Its letter
75%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
34/34
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
330 pupils
97% of its 339 places
Free school meals
32%
32 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery

  • Its own letter, A−: Key Stage 2 results better than 75% of England’s primary schools
  • 71% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9 points above England’s schools
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (34 of 34)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (M29 8) sold for a median £210,000; Tyldesley’s is £250,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 71%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 74% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Wigan avg 65%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery 71%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 104 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading77%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)73%
England’s schools 73%
Maths77%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling75%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 27 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
48%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
82%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three0%
England’s schools 8% · Wigan 10% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

34
families put it first for September 2026
38
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (8), 2023 (2), 2025 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Wigan council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Tyldesley, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.05 per place
95% got their first choice
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice
Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice

Tyldesley and Wigan, side by side

2023–2025

All 98 graded primaries in Wigan. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Tyldesley’s schools are coloured by their letter.

40%50%60%70%80%90%10%20%30%40%50%60%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Garrett HallTyldesley
ABCDElsewhere in WiganTyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Nicol Mere SchoolA+23%97%
Gilded Hollins Community SchoolA+7%97%
Orrell Newfold Community Primary SchoolA+10%91%
Woodfield Primary SchoolA+6%88%
Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, WiganA+16%88%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolA+6%87%
Our Lady's RC Primary School WiganA+16%87%
Orrell Holgate AcademyA+19%87%
Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary AcademyA+10%85%
St James' Catholic Primary School OrrellA+10%83%
St Marie's Catholic Primary School StandishA+12%83%
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School HindleyA+34%83%
Wood Fold Primary SchoolA12%81%
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, WiganA5%81%
Golborne Community Primary SchoolA31%81%
Garrett Hall Primary SchoolA4%78%
Hindsford CofE Primary SchoolA44%77%
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe BridgeA21%77%
Tyldesley Primary SchoolA6%77%
Marus Bridge Primary SchoolA18%77%
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary SchoolA9%76%
St Mary and St John Catholic Primary SchoolA−13%75%
Aspull Church Primary SchoolA−13%75%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolA−37%74%
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolA−51%73%
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, LowtonA−13%73%
St Philip's CofE Primary School, AthertonA−16%73%
Leigh St John's CofE PrimaryA−21%72%
Orrell Lamberhead Green AcademyA−40%72%
St John's CofE Primary SchoolA−40%71%
St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School AthertonA−36%71%
Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and NurseryA−32%71%
R L Hughes Primary SchoolB+20%70%
Lowton West Primary SchoolB+14%70%
Winstanley Community Primary SchoolB+11%69%
Beech Hill Community Primary SchoolB45%67%
St Jude's Catholic Primary School WiganB47%67%
Holy Family Catholic AcademyB42%67%
Mab's Cross Primary SchoolB20%66%
Platt Bridge Community SchoolB47%66%
St Peter's Church of England Primary School, HindleyB34%66%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolB12%65%
Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolB24%65%
St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary SchoolB25%65%
Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolB−44%64%
Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary SchoolB−42%64%
Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary SchoolB−14%64%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School LeighB−23%63%
Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary SchoolB−33%63%
St Wilfrids Catholic Primary SchoolB−19%63%
Lowton Junior and Infant SchoolB−33%62%
St John's CofE Primary School Mosley CommonB−18%62%
All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, WiganB−20%62%
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolB−14%62%
Hindley All Saints CofE Primary SchoolB−42%61%
Ince CofE Primary SchoolB−55%61%
St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolB−16%61%
Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and NurseryB−44%61%
Shevington Vale Primary SchoolC+8%60%
Bedford Hall Methodist Primary SchoolC+32%60%
Millbrook Primary SchoolC+10%59%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolC+30%59%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolC+19%59%
Atherton St George's CofE Primary SchoolC+52%59%
Britannia Bridge Primary SchoolC+42%58%
Chowbent Primary SchoolC+36%58%
St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolC+24%58%
Hindley Green Community Primary SchoolC+29%58%
Meadowbank Primary SchoolC52%57%
Sacred Heart RC Primary SchoolC39%57%
St John's Church of England Primary School, AbramC22%57%
St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley GreenC28%57%
Leigh CofE Primary SchoolC44%57%
Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolC55%56%
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School WiganC47%56%
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolC39%55%
St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant SchoolC33%55%
Parklee Primary SchoolC22%55%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolC51%54%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley GreenC14%54%
Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolC51%54%
St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolC22%54%
Newton Westpark Primary SchoolC−57%53%
Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary SchoolC−36%52%
Christ Church CofE Primary School, PenningtonC−38%52%
St Catharine's CofE Primary SchoolC−53%51%
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolC−59%51%
St Thomas' CofE Primary School, LeighC−28%50%
Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolC−28%49%
St William's Catholic Primary SchoolC−43%48%
Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary SchoolC−30%48%
Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant SchoolD21%46%
St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolD46%46%
Leigh Central Primary SchoolD45%45%
Westfield Community SchoolD56%45%
Bickershaw CofE Primary SchoolD38%44%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School LeighD32%44%
Marsh Green Primary SchoolD59%41%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

345 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
17.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
26.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
40.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 53%Boys 47%
Its letter

Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths A−Better than 75% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, June 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in M29 8, the school’s postcode sector

Tyldesley property prices →
£210,000
median sale, 441 sales in 36 months · Tyldesley £250,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025M29 8Tyldesley
M29 8Tyldesley

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£380K
Semi-detached
£220K
Terraced
£148K
Flat
£106K
M29 8Tyldesley

Homes in M29 8 sell for well under Tyldesley’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCCAAC+B−B−CBA−AA−B−BAC+CA−Tyldesley St George's Centr…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Tyldesley, M29 8DH

Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery: common questions

Is Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery a good school?

By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 75% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A−), with 71% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, June 2023.

How hard is it to get into Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery?

For September 2026, 34 families put Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery first and all of them were offered a place; 38 places were offered in all.

What is Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery?

Homes in its postcode sector, M29 8, sold for a median £210,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (441 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Tyldesley’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.