Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.069 miles
Published by Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Wigan for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy 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 | 0.069 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.069 miles from the school, the shortest of 45 Wigan primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.60 miles).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 97 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 85 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25 reading, writing and maths, 84% met the expected standard (England 62%), 3rd highest 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
- Rectory Lane, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0XB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 582 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to the St Wilfrid's family.”
- “From the Nursery class onwards, staff know children well and include them fully in all aspects of school life.”
- “Pupils know that everyone is welcome here.”
To improve
- “A renewed focus on developing writing is at an early stage of implementation.”
- “Although leaders use the information they have well, they do not use it precisely to check engagement in some areas of school life.”
- “However, they recognise that deeper scrutiny would strengthen leaders' work.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 84% | 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: 97 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 85 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 Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wood Fold Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Millbrook Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodfield Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Shevington Vale Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published