St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
St Wilfrids 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 7 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 in 3 of the 14 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
- There are 17.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.8 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
- Golborne Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8SJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 187 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “The school is a safe, calm and harmonious place.”
- “Children in the early years settle quickly.”
- “They develop confidence and independence.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not develop fluency in their written work as well as they could.”
- “Although this is usually effective, at times teachers do not have sufficient expertise to recognise which strategies are the most helpful for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.”
- “At times, these checks are not thorough enough and gaps in pupils’ knowledge remain unnoticed or unaddressed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2026 (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) | 63% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 18 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.
- St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nicol Mere School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- R L Hughes Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Golborne Community Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published