Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Wigan
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong 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
- 17 March 2026Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
- 18 January 2022Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry189 applications · 90 places offered · 97 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Wigan median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Wigan median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2023 1.9; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2022 1.7; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2021 2.0; Wigan median median 2.0
- 2020 2.0; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2019 1.6; Wigan median median 2.1
- 2018 1.8; Wigan median median 2.2
- 2017 1.7; Wigan median median 2.3
- 2016 1.9; Wigan median median 2.3
- 2015 1.8; Wigan median median 2.3
- 2014 2.0; Wigan median median 2.4
- This school
- Wigan 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 | 90 | 189 | 2.1 | 97 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 76 | 140 | 1.8 | 70 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 75 | 141 | 1.9 | 81 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2023 | 75 | 139 | 1.9 | 77 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 72 | 123 | 1.7 | 68 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 75 | 152 | 2.0 | 91 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2020 | 73 | 142 | 2.0 | 81 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 65 | 102 | 1.6 | 63 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 72 | 129 | 1.8 | 63 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 65 | 108 | 1.7 | 64 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 55 | 105 | 1.9 | 53 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 69 | 125 | 1.8 | 64 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 64 | 125 | 2.0 | 66 | 1.03 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 93% · Maths 89% → all three 84% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Wigan median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 84% | 25% | 107 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 92% | 39% | 111 | 112 |
| 2022/23 | 80% | 21% | 107 | 109 |
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
- Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · WiganOutstanding20234.0applications per place 91%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · WiganGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Wigan20262.9applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · WiganGood20232.2applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · WiganGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · LancashireGood20233.3applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · WiganGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 93%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139883 · 359/3357
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 500 pupils · 582 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2013
- Replaced
- Standish St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School (URN 106467)
- Address
- Rectory Lane, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0XB
- Local authority
- Wigan
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources