St Bernadette's Catholic 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
St Bernadette's creates a welcoming, caring community where pupils develop strong values rooted in Catholic faith. The school has built excellent reading practice shared across the local area and has made significant gains in mathematics. Teachers establish strong relationships and positive learning environments that help pupils progress well.
Key Strengths
- Very good pupil behaviour and well-established classroom routines
- Strong reading practice that is shared with other local schools
- Marked improvement in mathematics achievement since the last inspection
- Good progress overall during pupils' time at school
- Effective safeguarding with well-established culture of responsibility
Areas for Improvement
- Boys' attainment lags behind girls at all ages and needs targeted support from the earliest stage
- Understanding of multicultural Britain needs further development
- Reception classroom and outdoor space need more resources to support mathematical and technological development
- School website missing required information including pupil premium strategy
- Monitoring systems need sharper focus and more strategic use of data to drive improvement
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with fit-for-purpose policies, suitably detailed records, well-established culture of shared responsibility, appropriate recruitment checks, and staff trained in child protection and the Prevent duty.
Extracurricular Activities
Half-termly topic-based activities, visits, visitors, extra-curricular activities, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School continues to be good, maintaining quality education since its last inspection in 2012. The school is a welcoming place where pupils develop into well-rounded, caring individuals supported by strong Catholic values.
At a Glance
13.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 73% to 77%. Maths has declined from 77% to 68%. Writing has declined from 77% to 71%.
Class Sizes
28.8
Avg class size
27.5
Infant (KS1)
29.5
KS2
6
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
91%
Near capacity
191 pupils
210 capacity
19 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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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.07104%
Overall absence
5.14286%
Persistent absence
175
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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