Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.182 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 30 March 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan 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 | 0.182 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.182 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception figure was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2021, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 31% reached the higher standard (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
- Holly Road, Aspull, Wigan, WN2 1RU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 30 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils positively flourish in this nurturing and caring environment.”
- “They enjoy a vast array of exciting and stimulating activities in the school.”
- “Children in the early years blossom.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 81% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Aspull Church Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodfield Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mab's Cross Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Catharine's CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ince CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published