R L Hughes Primary School

Community school·Primary school Wigan·WN4 9QL
Composite score
58.9
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#4,270
National rank
#554
In North West
#29
In Wigan
Top 29%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
37 first choices, 51 places
First choices per place
0.72
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
93
any preference, for 51 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.8720230.9020240.9220250.722026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put R L Hughes Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
440
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,804
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About R L Hughes Primary School

R L Hughes Primary School is a primary school in Wigan, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 440 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 29% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). R L Hughes Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 37 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 23.9 pupils per teacher. R L Hughes Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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