St William's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.483 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St William's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St William'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 | 0.483 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
- 42.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan is 35.9%.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.483 miles away, the 20th shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, so 6 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th 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
- Ince Green Lane, Ince-in-Makerfield, Ince, Wigan, WN2 2DG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 235 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are integral to making St William’s Catholic Primary School the warm and welcoming place that it is.”
- “They are happy in school, and they build strong friendships with others.”
- “Pupils behave exceptionally well.”
To improve
- “The school’s systematic approach to improving the quality of education means that some subject curriculums are more established than others.”
- “Where improvements to curriculums are more recent, the school has had insufficient opportunity to enhance teachers’ subject knowledge to the same extent.”
- “This means that, in a small number of subjects, the curriculum is not delivered as effectively as in others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 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) | 54% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Ince CofE Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Britannia Bridge Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catharine's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mab's Cross Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published