St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.163 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Bernadette'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 | 1.163 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.163 miles away, the 8th longest of the 45 Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 12 of the 16 years with a published outcome, and the 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2014.
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 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
- Church Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8BD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Bernadette’s are proud of their school.”
- “The vast majority of pupils attend school regularly and enjoy being with their friends.”
- “Pupils said that they feel happy, safe and well cared for by staff.”
To improve
- “On occasion, however, some teachers do not select the most suitable tasks to deliver important topics.”
- “Sometimes, this prevents some pupils from learning all that they could.”
- “However, the occasional weaknesses in the design of some learning activities also impact on the learning of a few pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 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) | 58% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Millbrook Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shevington Vale Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wood Fold Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Marsh Green Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published