St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St Paul's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Wigan for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Paul'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
- 21.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 35.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wigan.
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 4 of the 14 earlier years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 12 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 3rd 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
- Warrington Road, Goose Green, Wigan, WN3 6SB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “Treating others in the same way that you would like to be treated yourself is a school rule that pupils and staff alike embrace at this welcoming school.”
- “Many pupils are kind, polite and take pride in being part of the school community.”
- “This helps pupils to feel happy.”
To improve
- “That said, in a small number of subjects, some learning activities that pupils are provided with do not help them to build a deep body of knowledge.”
- “In these few subjects, pupils’ understanding of the important knowledge that they have previously been taught is insecure.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, these checks on pupils’ recall of previous learning are not routinely carried out.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 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) | 60% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 12 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.
- Marus Bridge Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Winstanley Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published