Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School, Wigan
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at supporting every child's development - whether academic, social or emotional. Staff create a warm, nurturing environment where pupils feel valued and safe, while maintaining high expectations. The school offers exceptional enrichment opportunities including trips, a wide range of clubs, and meaningful involvement with the local community and faith leaders.
Key Strengths
- Rich personal development programme with extensive trips, clubs and enrichment activities
- Strong pastoral support and emotional wellbeing provision for all pupils
- Well-designed, ambitious curriculum with effective teaching and quick identification of gaps
- Excellent inclusion practices ensuring disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND make secure progress
- Positive, purposeful school atmosphere with caring relationships and rare disruption to learning
Areas for Improvement
- Some pupils make repeated spelling errors that need consistent addressing across the school
- A minority of pupils lack consistent accuracy and fluency in their handwriting
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met. Leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed, keeping pupils safer and helping them feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Athletics, chess, cookery, sports events, singing in cathedral, outdoor pursuits on residential visits, observatory visits
Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School is a welcoming school where pupils thrive academically, socially, and emotionally, guided by their motto 'together with God, building our future'. The school provides a safe, nurturing environment with high expectations for all learners.
At a Glance
43.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 62% to 79%. Maths has improved from 69% to 90%. Writing has improved from 69% to 83%.
Class Sizes
28.0
Avg class size
25.0
Infant (KS1)
30.3
KS2
7
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
89%
Available places
186 pupils
210 capacity
24 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Wigan
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Admissions Demand - Wigan
Places available
3,894
Applications
3,601
Got 1st preference
89.7%
Got preferred school
97.0%
Primary admissions across Wigan (2025/26)
Inspection History(107)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.81741%
Overall absence
9.39227%
Persistent absence
181
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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