Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · WIGAN, Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is a primary school in WIGAN, Wigan for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 31 March 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart 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, 64% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- The published admission number for Reception 2027 is 45 places, while 60 offers were made for Reception 2026.
- Free school meal eligibility is 28.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 39.3% 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
- Springfield Road, Sacred Heart Rc School, WIGAN, WN6 7RH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 447 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 31 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud ambassadors of their school.”
- “Added to this, pupils have a deep understanding of equality.”
- “Pupils were adamant that at this school, everyone is accepted for who they are.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, some teachers are not as confident in their delivery of the curriculum.”
- “On occasion, some teachers do not choose the most appropriate activities to help pupils to learn the important knowledge in these subject curriculums.”
- “From time to time, some pupils do not build on prior learning as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 2023 (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) | 64% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodfield Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marsh Green Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mab's Cross Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published