Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.761 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, 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 | 0.761 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 2024/25, 87% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.761 miles, the 16th longest of the 45 Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.60 miles).
- In 7 of the 14 years with a published Reception outcome every applicant was offered a place; the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2014.
- Free school meal eligibility is 16.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 42.6% 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
- Longfield Street, New Springs, Wigan, WN2 1EL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 136 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “The school provides a welcoming, family-like atmosphere in which pupils flourish, both personally and academically.”
- “Pupils are nurtured by caring staff who know them well.”
- “There are strong relationships between all members of the school community, and they rightly feel privileged to be a part of this school.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two subjects, the school’s curriculum is less clear, so teachers are not provided with the same level of curriculum information.”
- “Occasionally, this hinders teachers from delivering these subjects as well as they otherwise could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2025 (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) | 87% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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