St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan

School overview

St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan is a primary school serving Wigan, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 191 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 10.0 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 top 21% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 11 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.