St Catharine's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.856 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Catharine's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Catharine's 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 2026 | 0.856 mi |
| 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
- 53.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan is 41.3%.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.856 miles away, the 13th longest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- Reception 2026 had 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, so 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils 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 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
- Scholefield Lane, Scholes, Wigan, WN1 3LP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “Pupils live up to the school’s value of ‘love’ by thinking of others.”
- “For example, they celebrate each other’s achievements and they take pride in raising money for global appeals.”
To improve
- “Consequently, teachers occasionally miss out aspects of the essential subject-specific vocabulary that pupils should learn.”
- “This hinders some pupils from achieving as highly as they could in these subjects.”
- “However, some aspects of the programme to support pupils’ personal development are less well developed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 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) | 38% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged 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
- St William's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mab's Cross Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ince CofE Primary School 0.6 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 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published