Holy Family Catholic Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Holy Family Catholic Academy is a primary school in Wigan for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Wigan has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Holy Family Catholic 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 | 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 4 of the 15 earlier years, and the last distance offered swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% 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
- Wigan Street, Platt Bridge, Wigan, WN2 5JF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wigan
- Pupils on roll
- 228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “The school has high aspirations for pupils’ academic success.”
- “It has raised its expectations of what pupils can achieve across a broad range of subjects.”
- “Pupils display positive attitudes to their learning.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not built the expertise of staff who teach and support children’s learning in the early years equally well.”
- “At times, staff do not make full use of opportunities to engage children in high-quality interactions as they learn and play.”
- “Occasionally, this gets in the way of how well some children expand their vocabulary and deepen their thinking.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2025 (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) | 55% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 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 John's Church of England Primary School, Abram 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Platt Bridge Community School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hindley Junior and Infant School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Britannia Bridge Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St William's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published