St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Warrington, Wigan·WA3 3TH
Composite score
58.7
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#4,302
National rank
#559
In North West
#30
In Wigan
Top 29%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
77%
31 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
77
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.27
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2120221.0320230.9720240.8020251.072026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School yet. Wigan does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
213
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,600
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School

St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Warrington, Wigan, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 213 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 8.0 percentage points year on 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 103 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 31 first choices for 29 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 23.7 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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