Chowbent Primary School | School performance

36%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

142

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

36%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

142

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

36%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

142

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 12/12/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWigan

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.0:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Chowbent Primary School · Primary · Wigan

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

36%

-34pp

83%60%36%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 36%

RWM higher standard

11%

+11pp

11%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

61%

Reading higher standard

25%

Writing expected standard

57%

Writing higher standard

14%

Maths expected standard

54%

Maths higher standard

11%

Science expected standard

64%

SPAG expected standard

61%

SPAG higher standard

18%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

99.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

142

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.0

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

11%

FSM eligible

32%

SEN

25%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Laburnum Street, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9FP

Local authority

Wigan

Website

http://www.chowbent.wigan.sch.uk

Telephone

01942883410

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	36%	11%	61%	25%	57%	14%	54%	11%	64%	61%	103.0	99.0	103.0	—	—	—	25%	142
2023/24	70%	0%	73%	27%	80%	10%	77%	10%	73%	83%	105.0	104.0	107.0	—	—	—	26%	151
2022/23	69%	0%	77%	23%	81%	12%	85%	12%	65%	85%	105.0	104.0	106.0	+0.90	+1.90	+0.60	20%	153
2018/19	83%	0%	87%	13%	83%	22%	87%	9%	87%	87%	104.0	105.0	107.0	-1.90	-0.20	-1.70	18%	192
2017/18	63%	7%	70%	17%	80%	23%	77%	23%	80%	83%	104.0	104.0	107.0	+2.40	+4.10	+3.10	19%	187
2016/17	55%	13%	58%	16%	81%	19%	87%	23%	90%	81%	102.0	105.0	106.0	+0.70	+1.70	+3.20	17%	186

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	142	18.9	25%	11%	32%	6%	14%
2023/24	151	20.7	26%	8%	39%	6%	13%
2022/23	153	15.5	20%	6%	40%	5%	12%
2021/22	172	20.9	13%	9%	41%	6%	16%
2020/21	190	23.1	16%	8%	34%	—	—
2018/19	192	24.0	18%	9%	34%	5%	8%
2017/18	187	23.4	19%	8%	30%	5%	14%
2016/17	186	23.4	17%	8%	28%	4%	9%