Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wigan
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wigan Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Highfield St Matthew's Church of England 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 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 52 of the 98 other Wigan primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out in 7 of the 15 earlier Reception years, and last distances swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2015 to 2016.
- Reception 2026: 39 first-choice applications for 41 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Billinge Road, Pemberton, Wigan, WN3 6BL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud members of this happy and harmonious school.”
- “They experience a wide range of interesting and engaging activities as part of the school’s SHINE curriculum.”
- “Pupils enjoy spending time in the school’s extensive grounds.”
To improve
- “However, in a very small number of subjects, pupils’ knowledge of some aspects of their learning is not quite as secure.”
- “Pupils have had fewer opportunities to revisit and strengthen their learning in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 81% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 39 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 Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Wigan 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Winstanley Community Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Marus Bridge Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westfield Community School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published