St William's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school · Primary school · Wigan, Wigan
WN2 2DG
Composite score
39.8

St William's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Wigan, Wigan, St William's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 233 pupils aged 3 to 11. 54% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on 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 102 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St William's Catholic 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 further down the page.

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#10,961
National rank
#1622
In North West
#79
In Wigan
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

School profile

Pupils on roll 233 % FSM ever-6 44.8% % EAL 30.5% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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