St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Manchester, Wigan·M28 1AE
Composite score
42.4
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#10,093
National rank
#1478
In North West
#75
In Wigan
Top 68%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 18 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 18 places
Applications from another council area
19%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8420220.9520231.0920240.9020250.832026

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

Every child who put St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common 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
194
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,055
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common

St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common is a primary school in Manchester, Wigan, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 194 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 11.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 24.2 pupils per teacher. St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common 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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