Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in St. Helens
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 30 April 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 22 March 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry9 applications · 4 places offered · 3 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.3; St. Helens median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2024 2.0; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2023 1.3; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2021 1.7; St. Helens median median 1.6
- 2020 1.6; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2019 1.2; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2018 1.8; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2017 1.9; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2016 1.8; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2015 1.4; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2014 1.4; St. Helens median median 1.9
- This school
- St. Helens median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 12 | 16 | 1.3 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 11 | 17 | 1.6 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 19 | 23 | 1.2 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 14 | 25 | 1.8 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 16 | 29 | 1.8 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 20 | 28 | 1.4 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 24 | 33 | 1.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 60% · Writing 47% · Maths 33% → all three 27% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- St. Helens median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 27% | 0% | 102 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 29% | 0% | 102 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 39% | 0% | 102 | 100 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Rectory CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · St. Helens20261.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Wigan20261.7applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · WiganOutstanding20232.5applications per place 97%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · WiganRemains Good20231.8applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · WiganRemains Good20221.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · St. Helens20262.5applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · WiganRemains Outstanding20242.0applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · WiganStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 104797 · 342/3320
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 130 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Rectory Road, North Ashton, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 0QF
- Local authority
- St. Helens
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources