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Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold, Wigan

Outstanding
Primary
Voluntary aided school
Mixed
Catholic
Ages 4–11

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Wigan. It has a Catholic religious character. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in May 2024. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the highest of the 67 schools in Wigan with published results, and 1st of 14,452 across England. It was 76% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Ofsted
Outstanding (2024)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Better than England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

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

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold in detail

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the pupils, staff and governors I would like to welcome you to Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Primary School. Our school family works hard to provide a place where Gospel values are lived out each and every day."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include athletics, recorder and Lego.

The school runs after-school care until 6:00pm.

Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 100% of Year 6 pupils at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold reached the expected standard in reading and 100% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 90% in reading and 90% in maths in 2024.

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

Getting a place at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold

For September 2026 entry, 21 families put Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold as their first choice and 40 named it as one of their preferences, for 21 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold are Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy (0.2 miles, Outstanding, 94% reading, 87% maths); Newburgh Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 92% reading, 92% maths); Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 88% reading, 63% maths); and Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School (1.5 miles, Good).

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Parbold Douglas Church of England AcademyNewburgh Church of England Primary SchoolRichard Durning's Endowed Primary SchoolDalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School

Who goes there

5.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (91%) and Mixed (6%).

Staffing

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Parbold Rail Station, about 390 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lancaster Lane (by), 160 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 5 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, drug offences and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109).

Suspensions and exclusions

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; 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:Mr Shaun Kearon
Pupils:106
LA:Lancashire
Phone:01257462466
Address:Brandreth Drive, Parbold, Wigan, WN8 7HD
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
Outstanding

Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Outstanding

Early Years

Inspected 14 May 2024View full report
URN:119694
UKPRN:10080333
Diocese:Archdiocese of Liverpool
Constituency:West Lancashire
Urban/Rural:Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Outstanding at its May 2024 inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.

At a Glance

5.7%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+10ppMaths+10ppWriting+20pp

Reading has improved from 90% to 100% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 90% to 100% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 80% to 100% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

23.0

Avg class size

18.5

Infant (KS1)

32.0

KS2

3

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Term dates

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold is a voluntary aided school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Lancashire's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Train Stations

Parbold Rail Station (entrance)
389m · 6 min walk

Bus Stops

Lancaster Lane (by)
163m · 3 min walk
Tan House Lane (by)
335m · 5 min walk
Park Close (opp)
364m · 6 min walk
Railway Station (o/s)
383m · 6 min walk
Shops (by)
406m · 7 min walk

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
7
Fatal
0
Serious
4
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 3 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.

1 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 Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 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 Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

76%

Available places

107 pupils

140 places

33 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Wigan

Low pressure
New homes approved:4,444
Projected new pupils:1,111

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

Across Lancashire council

Low demand council-wide0.79 applications per place

Places available

15,442

Applications

12,122

Got 1st preference

91.3%

Got preferred school

98.3%

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

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(5)

14 May 2024
OutstandingReport
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
Early YearsOutstanding
9 January 2013
OutstandingReport
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
7 January 2011

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

14

SEN Support

5

EHC Plans

17.9%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Other8
Moderate Learning Difficulty5
Speech, Language & Communication3
Social, Emotional & Mental Health2
Autistic Spectrum Disorder1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
90.6%
Asian
1.8%
Mixed
5.7%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals5.7%
English as Additional Language0.9%

106

Total Pupils

59

Boys

47

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

7

Teachers

15.1:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£52,196

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,488

Per pupil

£642k

Total funding

£5k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£5,270
Lump sum£145,100

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

3.3%

Overall absence

4.2%

Persistent absence

96

Enrolments

Authorised2.9%
Unauthorised0.4%
Persistent (10%+)4.2%
Severe (50%+)0.0%

Absence trend

2.7%
18/19
1.1%
20/21
4.8%
21/22
4.5%
22/23
4.1%
23/24
3.3%
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 Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold

What are SATs results like at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold?

Of the pupils at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 100% reached the expected standard in reading and 100% did so in maths.

What is Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold's Ofsted rating?

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold was rated Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2024.

What is the catchment area for Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold?

No fixed boundary. When Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold is oversubscribed, Lancashire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold?

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold was not full in 2025: it ran at 76% of its 140 places.

How big are the classes at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold?

Classes at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold average 23 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold?

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold has around 106 pupils on roll. 6% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold?

3.3% of sessions were missed at Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold in 2024/25. 4.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold?

Apply through Lancashire's coordinated admissions process, naming Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold 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.

How many road collisions happen near Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 1 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 Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold?

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold is at Brandreth Drive, Parbold, Wigan, Lancashire, WN8 7HD.

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

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