St Peter's Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.133 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Peter's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Wigan for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Peter's Catholic High 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.133 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 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
- At Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.133 miles away, the 4th shortest of 12 Wigan secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 238 first-choice applications for 199 offers; 198 offers went to first-choice families and 40 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- That 2026 Year 7 ratio of 1.2 first choices per offer was the 2nd highest of 19 Wigan secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 51.1 (England 46).
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
- Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8NU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 1,026 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils describe the school as a welcoming and friendly community.”
- “Warm interactions between pupils and staff reflect the positive relationships that they have.”
- “Staff prioritise pupils’ well-being.”
To improve
- “However, the information that the school gives to staff about the needs of these pupils is not as useful as it could be.”
- “At times, this makes it difficult for staff to adapt their delivery of the curriculum effectively for pupils with SEND.”
- “However, this is not the case for pupils in key stage 4.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 238 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 198 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wigan.
- Dean Trust Wigan 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic High School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shevington High School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hawkley Hall High School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Standish Community High School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cansfield High School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published