Academy converter · Wigan

Marus Bridge Primary School

4–11Ages
400Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143498URN

Kelvin Grove, Marus Bridge, Wigan, WN3 6SP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2012

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

close to Wigan median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wigan

100 applications for 57 places · 60th of 96 in Wigan

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

79%met the expected standard

Wigan 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2012

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

Inspection history

12 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
18 September 2012
Graded inspection: Good · as Marus Bridge Primary School, URN 106406

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

1.8applications per place, Reception

close to Wigan median (1.9) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

100 applications · 57 places offered · 59 named it first

2026 1.8; Wigan median median 1.9
2025 2.2; Wigan median median 1.9
2024 2.8; Wigan median median 2.1
2023 2.5; Wigan median median 2.1
2022 2.4; Wigan median median 2.0
2021 2.8; Wigan median median 2.0
2020 2.4; Wigan median median 2.1
2019 2.9; Wigan median median 2.1
2018 2.4; Wigan median median 2.2
2017 2.8; Wigan median median 2.3
2016 2.6; Wigan median median 2.3; as the previous school
2015 2.6; Wigan median median 2.3; as the previous school
2014 2.5; Wigan median median 2.4; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Wigan median in 9 of 10 years.

This school
Wigan median

Dashed bars: as Marus Bridge Primary School (URN 106406), 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	57	100	1.8	59	1.04
Sep 2025	60	131	2.2	63	1.05
Sep 2024	47	130	2.8	42	0.89
Sep 2023	49	124	2.5	48	0.98
Sep 2022	60	142	2.4	57	0.95
Sep 2021	60	168	2.8	77	1.28
Sep 2020	57	138	2.4	57	1.00
Sep 2019	60	175	2.9	66	1.10
Sep 2018	60	145	2.4	60	1.00
Sep 2017	58	164	2.8	61	1.05
Sep 2016 *	60	156	2.6	57	0.95
Sep 2015 *	60	155	2.6	55	0.92
Sep 2014 *	60	152	2.5	59	0.98

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 89% · Writing 84% · Maths 88% → all three 79% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard79%19th of 97 in Wigan

Wigan 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard89%

Wigan 77% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Wigan 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard84%

Wigan 76% England 75%

Greater depth9%

Wigan 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard88%

Wigan 80% England 77%

Higher standard30%

Wigan 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Wigan median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	79%	5%	108	108
2023/24	77%	7%	106	106
2022/23	75%	12%	106	107

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

Marus Bridge Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
0.5 km · Wigan

Good2023

2.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan
0.8 km · Wigan

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Winstanley Community Primary School
1.1 km · Wigan

Remains Outstanding2024

2.0applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School
1.2 km · Wigan

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan
1.3 km · Wigan

Good2023

2.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
1.4 km · Wigan

Good2023

1.9applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
St James' Church of England Primary School
1.4 km · Wigan

Remains Good2022

1.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
St Mark's CofE Primary School
2.1 km · Wigan

Good2023

1.5applications per place 44%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143498 · 359/2015
Trust: The Rowan Learning Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 400 on roll
Free school meals: 18.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 October 2016
Replaced: Marus Bridge Primary School (URN 106406)
Address: Kelvin Grove, Marus Bridge, Wigan, WN3 6SP
Local authority: Wigan

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