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Orrell Holgate Academy

4–11Ages
198Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143389URN

Moor Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8SJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2011

Improved significantlyUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.1per place

1.1 above Wigan median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

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92 applications for 30 places · 7th of 96 in Wigan

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

86%met the expected standard

Wigan 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2011

Improved significantlyUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

Inspection history

29 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
2 November 2011
Graded inspection: Good · as Orrell Holgate Primary School, URN 106409

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

3.1applications per place, Reception

1.1 above Wigan median (1.9) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

92 applications · 30 places offered · 23 named it first

2026 3.1; Wigan median median 1.9
2025 3.7; Wigan median median 1.9
2024 4.1; Wigan median median 2.1
2023 3.6; Wigan median median 2.1
2022 3.5; Wigan median median 2.0
2021 3.3; Wigan median median 2.0
2020 2.8; Wigan median median 2.1
2019 3.4; Wigan median median 2.1
2018 4.0; Wigan median median 2.2
2017 3.2; Wigan median median 2.3
2016 3.7; Wigan median median 2.3; as the previous school
2015 3.4; Wigan median median 2.3; as the previous school
2014 3.9; Wigan median median 2.4; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Wigan median in 10 of 10 years.

This school
Wigan median

Dashed bars: as Orrell Holgate Primary School (URN 106409), the previous school.

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	30	92	3.1	23	0.77
Sep 2025	20	73	3.7	20	1.00
Sep 2024	22	91	4.1	20	0.91
Sep 2023	27	96	3.6	23	0.85
Sep 2022	30	104	3.5	37	1.23
Sep 2021	30	100	3.3	25	0.83
Sep 2020	30	85	2.8	30	1.00
Sep 2019	28	96	3.4	25	0.89
Sep 2018	30	121	4.0	29	0.97
Sep 2017	28	89	3.2	25	0.89
Sep 2016 *	30	112	3.7	24	0.80
Sep 2015 *	30	102	3.4	21	0.70
Sep 2014 *	23	89	3.9	23	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 93% · Writing 86% · Maths 90% → all three 86% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard86%10th of 97 in Wigan

Wigan 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard93%

Wigan 77% England 78%

Higher standard38%

Wigan 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard86%

Wigan 76% England 75%

Greater depth34%

Wigan 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard90%

Wigan 80% England 77%

Higher standard31%

Wigan 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

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Wigan median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	86%	24%	108	107
2023/24	83%	27%	110	106
2022/23	91%	28%	111	108

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

Orrell Holgate AcademyThis school
This school

Improved significantly2025

3.1applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
0.7 km · Wigan

2026

2.5applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
0.8 km · Wigan

Outstanding2024

2.3applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy
1.7 km · Wigan

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
1.7 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

1.7applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
St John's CofE Primary School
1.8 km · Wigan

Remains Good2023

2.7applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
2.0 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2024

2.5applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Wigan
2.5 km · Wigan

Remains Good2024

1.7applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
2.6 km · Wigan

Good2023

1.9applications per place 81%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143389 · 359/2023
Trust: The Rowan Learning Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 198 on roll
Free school meals: 18.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 November 2016
Replaced: Orrell Holgate Primary School (URN 106409)
Address: Moor Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8SJ
Local authority: Wigan

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources