St Catharine's CofE Primary School | School performance

38%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

204

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

38%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

204

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

38%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

204

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 20/06/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWigan

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio22.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of St Catharine's CofE Primary School · Primary · Wigan

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

38%

-2pp

77%58%38%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 38%

RWM higher standard

-7pp

23%12%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

52%

Reading higher standard

21%

Writing expected standard

72%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

72%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

90%

SPAG expected standard

38%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

102.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

98.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

204

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

15%

FSM eligible

54%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Scholefield Lane, Scholes, Wigan, WN1 3LP

Local authority

Wigan

Website

www.stcatharinesprimary.co.uk/

Telephone

01942733081

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	38%	0%	52%	21%	72%	3%	72%	7%	90%	38%	102.0	102.0	98.0	—	—	—	15%	204
2023/24	40%	7%	50%	13%	70%	10%	73%	50%	77%	67%	101.0	106.0	105.0	—	—	—	17%	208
2022/23	73%	20%	80%	37%	77%	20%	90%	53%	73%	83%	106.0	109.0	110.0	+0.60	+0.60	+4.20	17%	208
2018/19	77%	17%	83%	50%	83%	27%	93%	57%	77%	87%	108.0	109.0	108.0	+4.30	+1.00	+4.50	18%	204
2017/18	77%	23%	83%	33%	80%	50%	90%	70%	83%	90%	106.0	110.0	110.0	+2.60	+5.50	+7.50	16%	206
2016/17	79%	10%	86%	34%	83%	24%	93%	69%	86%	90%	108.0	110.0	110.0	+7.60	+5.10	+9.70	19%	202

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	204	22.2	15%	15%	54%	6%	15%
2023/24	208	20.4	17%	13%	57%	6%	19%
2022/23	208	21.7	17%	12%	62%	6%	20%
2021/22	205	19.0	14%	11%	60%	7%	21%
2020/21	205	17.7	13%	9%	58%	—	—
2018/19	204	21.4	18%	12%	55%	4%	8%
2017/18	206	17.9	16%	12%	57%	4%	6%
2016/17	202	19.2	19%	9%	56%	4%	4%