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All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan, Warrington

Outstanding
Primary
Voluntary aided school
Mixed
Roman Catholic
Ages 3–11

All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Warrington. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in April 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 15th-highest of the 69 schools in Warrington with published results, and 1,455th of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.4 first-choice applications for every place. It was full in 2025, at 102% of capacity.

SATs results
Above England average
Ofsted
Outstanding (2019)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Wigan (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 27 Oct 2026

All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan in detail

All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan in its own words

In its own words: "To enjoy our times of prayer and worship, helping us to serve Jesus, follow in his footsteps and proclaim the Word."

Coming up: an open day on Sunday 25 April 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

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Vision and values (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)

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Results

In 2025, 97% of Year 6 pupils at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 79% in Wigan and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 79% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Getting a place at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan

For September 2026 entry, 43 families put All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan as their first choice and 85 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 15 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan are St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School (0.2 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths); Golborne Community Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 89% reading, 89% maths); Lowton West Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 71% reading, 82% maths); and St Luke's CofE Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 93% reading, 93% maths).

All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant SchoolGolborne Community Primary SchoolLowton West Primary SchoolSt Luke's CofE Primary School

What parents say

65 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan (as of September 2025): 86% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 88% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (92%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (82%).

Who goes there

In 2026, 34 pupils (13.6%) received SEN support and 16 (6.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Newton-le-Willows Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Barrowdale Road (near), 100 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan issued 7 suspensions, 2.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan are Golborne High School (0.5 miles) and Hope Academy (1.6 miles).

Golborne High SchoolHope Academy

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Rachael Griffiths
Pupils:250
LA:Wigan
Phone:01942747655
Address:Hazel Grove, Golborne, Warrington, WA3 3LU
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from January 2019, 7 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

-

Overall

Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.

Inspected 1 April 2025View full report
URN:106505
UKPRN:10078697
Diocese:Archdiocese of Liverpool
Constituency:Leigh and Atherton
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's April 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

All Saints is a caring school where pupils are happy and feel part of a supportive family. The school has very high aspirations for every child, including those with SEND, and delivers expert teaching across a rich curriculum with reading at its heart. Pupils develop excellent behaviour, positive relationships, and a strong understanding of values like kindness, charity, and respect for others.

Key Strengths

  • Reading is central to the curriculum with expertly trained staff delivering phonics very effectively and tailored support for pupils who need extra help
  • Broad and rich curriculum carefully designed to build secure and deep knowledge, with pupils making strong links between subjects and concepts
  • Excellent behaviour and incredibly positive relationships between pupils and with staff, creating classrooms that buzz with purposeful learning
  • Outstanding provision for personal development with tailored opportunities to understand diversity, celebrate differences, and learn about healthy relationships
  • Early years provision is fun, calm and rich, fostering strong communication and social interactions

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with staff creating an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils' interests first.

Extracurricular Activities

Gardening club, recorders, football, choir, trips to museums, beach visits, theatre trips, before- and after-school clubs

All Saints Catholic Primary School has maintained the outstanding standards from its previous inspection in January 2019. Pupils achieve exceptionally well in a broad, rich curriculum where reading is central, and they benefit from excellent behaviour, positive relationships, and strong personal development provision.

At a Glance

18.8%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

65 responses
Would recommend86%
Child is happy88%
Child does well85%
High expectations85%
Feels safe89%
Well behaved85%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)88%
Kept informed92%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)79%
Wider development82%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+18ppMaths+15ppWriting+5pp

Reading has improved from 79% to 97% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 69% to 84% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 76% to 81% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

30.5

Avg class size

30.0

Infant (KS1)

31.3

KS2

8

Total classes

3 classes with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan.

  • Little Angels St Thomas330m away · Not yet graded
  • Jumping Jacks Before and Afterschool Club970m away · Not yet graded

Getting There

Bus Stops

Barrowdale Road (nr)
97m · 2 min walk
Golborne Library (Stop F)
147m · 2 min walk
Railway Road (nr)
211m · 3 min walk
John Street (Stop C)
253m · 4 min walk
Salisbury Street (Stop A)
285m · 5 min walk

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
18
Fatal
0
Serious
7
Children hurt
3

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 11 slight.

3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.

6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Wigan is 10 (the median across 146 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

102%

Over capacity

214 pupils

210 places

4 pupils over capacity in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Warrington

Low pressure
New homes approved:4,240
Projected new pupils:1,060

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Warrington

Across Wigan council

Low demand council-wide0.91 applications per place

Places available

3,894

Applications

3,541

Got 1st preference

88.7%

Got preferred school

97.3%

All primary applications across Wigan council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(9)

1 April 2025

Ungraded inspection: Standards have been maintained.

29 January 2019
OutstandingReport
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
17 January 2018

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

34

SEN Support

16

EHC Plans

20.0%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication21
Social, Emotional & Mental Health10
Specific Learning Difficulty5
Moderate Learning Difficulty4
Physical Disability2
Autistic Spectrum Disorder2
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
74.0%
Asian
3.6%
Black
5.2%
Mixed
2.0%
Chinese
6.4%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals18.8%
English as Additional Language21.6%

250

Total Pupils

125

Boys

125

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

11

Teachers

22.7:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£52,065

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,493

Per pupil

£1318k

Total funding

£77k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£115,324
EAL funding£13,854
Lump sum£145,926

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.9%

Overall absence

11.3%

Persistent absence

186

Enrolments

Authorised3.8%
Unauthorised1.1%
Persistent (10%+)11.3%
Severe (50%+)0.5%

Absence trend

3.6%
18/19
3.0%
20/21
6.5%
21/22
6.1%
22/23
5.7%
23/24
4.9%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan

What are SATs results like at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan?

Of the pupils at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 97% reached the expected standard in reading and 84% did so in maths.

What is All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan's Ofsted rating?

All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan's most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in January 2019, it was rated Outstanding.

What is the catchment area for All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan?

No fixed boundary. When All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan is oversubscribed, Wigan allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan?

All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan was full in 2025, at 102% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.

How big are the classes at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan?

Classes at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan average 30.5 pupils (2025/26). 3 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan?

All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan has around 250 pupils on roll. 19% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan?

4.9% of sessions were missed at All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan in 2024/25. 11.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan?

Apply through Wigan's coordinated admissions process, naming All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists 2 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan: Little Angels St Thomas (330m away, registered, not yet graded) and Jumping Jacks Before and Afterschool Club (970m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 11 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Wigan is 10 (the median across 146 schools, same distance and years).

Where is All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan?

All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan is at Hazel Grove, Golborne, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 3LU.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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