St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Wigan·WN3 6EE
Composite score
56.9
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#4,875
National rank
#647
In North West
#35
In Wigan
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
84%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
33 first choices, 33 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 33 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan 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
336
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
3.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,417
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan

St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan is a primary school in Wigan, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 336 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 84% 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 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% 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 St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan their first choice was offered one of its 33 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 22.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 4% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan 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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