St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 January 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Patrick's Catholic 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, though places ran out in 2 of the 15 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There were 17.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wigan schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hardybutts, Wigan, WN1 3RZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 348 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are incredibly proud to be a part of this nurturing and caring school.”
- “They are confident, kind and articulate individuals.”
- “Older pupils, in particular, can speak with maturity and clarity about a range of different topics.”
To improve
- “However, from time to time, staff do not choose the most effective activities to support pupils in learning all that they can.”
- “This means that some pupils do not learn to the depth that they could.”
- “Nevertheless, a small number of pupils who find learning to read difficult do not access books that match their phonics knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 February 2025 (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) | 73% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 40 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 Wigan.
- St Catharine's CofE Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Britannia Bridge Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mab's Cross Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St William's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ince CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published