St Oswald's Catholic 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 Oswald's Catholic 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 3 November 2022. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Oswald'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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 4 of the 13 earlier years.
- 19% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan is 23.6%.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% 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
- Council Avenue, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9AZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 242 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 November 2022
Strengths
- “St Oswald’s Catholic Primary School is a vibrant school full of pupils who enjoy learning and who are eager to do their best.”
- “Pupils who are new to the school receive a warm welcome.”
- “This helps them to settle in quickly and make new friends.”
To improve
- “That said, in a very small number of subjects, leaders have not made the key knowledge that pupils and children should learn clear enough to teachers.”
- “From time to time, this hinders staff in checking that some aspects of pupils’ earlier learning are secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 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) | 52% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 21 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.
- R L Hughes Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nicol Mere School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Golborne Community Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published