St John's CofE Primary School, Wigan
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St John's is a caring school with an extremely positive climate for learning where pupils feel safe and happy. Teachers know pupils well and create engaging lessons that motivate children to learn. The school successfully supports all pupils including those with additional needs, ensuring they make good progress from their different starting points.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding behaviour and safety with pupils feeling completely safe and very well cared for
- Good progress for all groups including those with special educational needs and pupil premium funding
- Good quality teaching with strong relationships and pupils highly motivated to learn
- Clear leadership with school leaders having strong understanding of school performance
- Parents very supportive and appreciative of the school
Areas for Improvement
- Work is not always challenging enough, especially for the most able pupils
- Pupils do not always receive clear enough guidance about how to improve their work
- Checks not always carried out to ensure pupils respond to advice given for improvement
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is outstanding - the school's work to keep pupils safe and secure is outstanding, with pupils reporting they feel completely safe and are very well cared for.
St John's CofE Primary School is a good school where pupils make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics, with outstanding behaviour and safety. School leaders have worked well to improve teaching quality and raise achievement since the previous inspection.
At a Glance
40.0%
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 remained stable at around 75%. Maths has remained stable at around 86%. Writing has remained stable at around 75%.
Class Sizes
27.4
Avg class size
24.0
Infant (KS1)
30.0
KS2
7
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
185 pupils
210 capacity
25 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Wigan
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Wigan
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(7)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.80571%
Overall absence
19.18605%
Persistent absence
172
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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