St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Wigan·WN4 8SJ
Composite score
53.8
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#5,898
National rank
#782
In North West
#42
In Wigan
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 24/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
36
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9620230.7720240.8220250.752026

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

Every child who put St Wilfrids Catholic 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
197
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,142
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Wigan, St Wilfrids 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 197 pupils aged 3 to 11. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with 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 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% 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 Wilfrids Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. St Wilfrids 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 above.

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