Mab's Cross Primary School, Wigan

Ofsted's report card from its 31 March 2026 inspection grades Mab's Cross Primary School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have created a caring and stimulating environment where pupils enjoy learning and attend regularly."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children make a strong start to their education when they join the early years."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders use well-established systems to carefully identify any additional needs that pupils have."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The extensive programme that leaders offer to promote pupils' personal development and wellbeing helps pupils to become kind, respectful, independent and confident."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Typically, pupils develop secure subject knowledge across most of the curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The ambitious curriculum enables pupils to build step by step on what they already know."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors ensure that the school's work makes a positive difference to all pupils, in particular disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that spelling and handwriting are consistently taught well in key stage 2 so that all pupils achieve as well as they can".

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Mab's Cross Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 79% in Wigan and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 84% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 50 families put Mab's Cross Primary School as their first choice and 102 named it as one of their preferences, for 62 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Mab's Cross Primary School are St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, 97% reading, 73% maths); St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 83% maths); St Catharine's CofE Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 52% reading, 72% maths); and Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles, Good, 70% reading, 67% maths).

Mab's Cross Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

74 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Mab's Cross Primary School (as of April 2026): 82% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 54% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (54%).

26.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (69%), other ethnic groups (12%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 41 pupils (8.9%) received SEN support and 14 (3%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Wigan Wallgate Rail Station, about 830 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Scarisbrick Street (near), 180 metres away.

In 2024/25, Mab's Cross Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Mab's Cross Primary School are The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College (0.5 miles), Dean Trust Rose Bridge (0.8 miles) and St John Fisher Catholic High School (1.1 miles).