St Thomas CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · 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 Thomas CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas 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 | 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 7 of the 15 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
- A higher standard was reached by 14% of pupils in 2024/25 (England 8%).
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
- Hodnet Drive, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8PQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy learning and playing at this caring school.”
- “They work hard, knowing that staff have high expectations of their achievement.”
- “Most pupils achieve well in most subjects.”
To improve
- “In a minority of subjects, the school has only implemented changes this term.”
- “In these subjects, the difference between the previous and current curriculums has resulted in some gaps in learning.”
- “This is particularly true in relation to pupils’ understanding of the connections between topics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2024 (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) | 59% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 18 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 Oswald's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- R L Hughes Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nicol Mere School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Golborne Community Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published