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Gilded Hollins Community School, Leigh WN7

St Helen's Road, Leigh, Lancashire WN7 3PQ

Gilded Hollins Community School, Leigh WN7

10 reasons to choose Gilded Hollins Community School

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Gilded Hollins Community School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 68. It is one of the best state primary schools in Leigh and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.

School fundamentals

Gilded Hollins Community School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.

Average class size

Gilded Hollins Community School has one class per year, and an average class size of 31 pupils.

Exam results

Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Gilded Hollins Community School ranks in the top 25% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, the school achieves above average scores for pupil progress.

The Gilded Hollins Community School curriculum

School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately and are organised thematically or by half-termly topics, with cross-curricular linking. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

More on the curriculum

There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.

Specialist teaching

Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.

Sport at Gilded Hollins Community School

School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at Gilded Hollins Community School

Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There may be some occasional extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

School hours are from 8.50am to 3.20pm. Breakfast club from 7.45am and after school clubs may extend the day to 4.30pm.

Find another school near Gilded Hollins Community School

Independent Prep Schools

Bridgewater School, Prep (8.5 miles); Clevelands Preparatory School (8.7 miles).

State Primary Schools

Lowton Junior and Infant School (1 mile); St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School (1.3 miles); Bickershaw Church of England Primary School (3.6 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Bridgewater School (8.5 miles); Bolton School Girls’ Division (9.6 miles); Bolton School Boys’ Division (9.6 miles).

State Senior Schools

St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (5.3 miles); Fred Longworth High School (5.4 miles); Hawkley Hall High School (7.9 miles).

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