Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary SchoolHeskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School and Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School are primary schools.

  • Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average). Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School was judged Good and Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School (71.0% in 2022-23, 69.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School versus Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WiganWrightington Mossy Lea Primary SchoolChorleyHeskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC68/100Stronger figureC65/100
Local ranking445th of 466 in Lancashire 122nd of 466 in Lancashire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll21 86
Capacity52 105
LocationWigan, WN6 9RN Chorley, PR7 5LU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported69.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported8.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported109.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census21 86
Free school meals (ever 6)0.0% 5.8%
English as an additional language0.0% 0.0%
SEN support23.8% 9.3%
SEN with an EHC plan0.0% 0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence13.6% 7.9% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School

Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School

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