Shevington Vale Primary School, Wigan

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Shevington Vale Primary School on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils attend regularly."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a good start in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Staff know pupils' needs well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils' personal development is a strength of the school."

Achievement - Needs attention. "By the end of Year 6, the proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics is in line with the national average."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders do not have an accurate view of teaching across the school."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders and those with responsibility for governance do not have a wholly accurate view of some parts of the school's effectiveness."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to develop the implementation of the curriculum to build pupils' knowledge securely over time"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils are supported to achieve well across the curriculum and make suitable progress from their starting points"; "Leaders should increase the precision of their monitoring to enable them to review the most useful information to aid further improvements".

In its own words: "At Shevington Vale Primary School, British Values are actively promoted through our curriculum, ethos and daily practice. We support pupils to develop into respectful, responsible and active citizens who contribute positively to school life and the wider communities of Appley Bridge and Wigan."

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Shevington Vale Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 79% in Wigan and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 83% in reading and 61% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Shevington Vale Primary School as their first choice and 66 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Shevington Vale Primary School are St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 77% reading, 68% maths); Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy (1 mile, 81% reading, 85% maths); Millbrook Primary School (1 mile, Good, 79% reading, 66% maths); and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington (1.2 miles, Good, 65% reading, 76% maths).

Shevington Vale Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

7.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Appley Bridge Rail Station, about 1030 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stockley Drive (opposite), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Shevington Vale Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Shevington Vale Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 4.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Shevington Vale Primary School are Shevington High School (0.8 miles) and Standish Community High School (1.4 miles).