Wood Fold Primary School

Community school·Primary school Wigan·WN6 0TS
Composite score
76.4
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#1,012
National rank
#114
In North West
#12
In Wigan
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
72 first choices, 86 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
164
any preference, for 86 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.8520231.0820240.9120250.842026

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

Every child who put Wood Fold 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
413
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,586
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Wood Fold Primary School

Wood Fold Primary School is a primary school in Wigan, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 413 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Wood Fold Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 86 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Wood Fold 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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