Rectory CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Wigan, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rectory CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wigan, St. Helens for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Rectory CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest inspection, on 9 June 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement (30 April 2024).
- In 2024/25, 27% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens.
- Reception 2026 drew 3 first-choice applications for 4 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 53 St. Helens primary schools.
- There are 7.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other St. Helens schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rectory Road, North Ashton, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 0QF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 130 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 7.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils do well in this small and welcoming school community.”
- “Everyone feels included and part of the Rectory Church of England school.”
- “Pupils enjoy being involved in school life and take part in the many opportunities on offer.”
To improve
- “For some other pupils, there is more to do in order for them to achieve their true potential.”
- “In addition, they have managed difficult staff decisions and turbulence which at times has slowed the rate of improvements.”
- “Some pupils who are capable of attaining well in national curriculum tests, do not consistently do as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 27% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 3 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in St. Helens.
- Garswood Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Billinge Chapel End Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Legh Vale Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grange Valley Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published