St William's Catholic 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 William's has created a warm, caring environment where all pupils thrive. Teachers have excellent subject knowledge and create interesting lessons that help even children starting with low skills make rapid progress. The school's strong leadership has driven impressive improvements in teaching quality and pupil achievement across all subjects.
Key Strengths
- Pupils of all abilities make good progress from their starting points, with children entering with low skills developing well by Year 6
- Teaching is consistently good with some outstanding practice; teachers have excellent subject knowledge and create interesting, well-matched lessons
- Strong positive relationships and warm, caring atmosphere throughout the school where pupils feel safe and behave well
- Excellent marking of writing and pupil presentation in exercise books; significant improvement in handwriting
- Effective leadership and management with strong support for teaching improvements and effective tracking of pupil progress
Areas for Improvement
- Not enough outstanding teaching - need to increase proportion of outstanding lessons
- Teachers sometimes spend too long introducing lessons before pupils move to independent work, slowing progress
- In some lessons, adults over-direct learning, limiting opportunities for pupils to work independently and problem-solve
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - pupils feel safe, bullying is rare, and pupils have excellent understanding of how to stay safe in different situations including internet safety.
St William's Catholic Primary School is a good school that has made significant improvements since the last inspection. Pupils' achievement in all subjects has rapidly improved and is now good, with consistently good teaching and positive pupil behavior.
At a Glance
42.9%
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 declined from 83% to 68%. Maths has declined from 86% to 75%. Writing has improved from 55% to 61%.
Class Sizes
29.4
Avg class size
29.5
Infant (KS1)
29.3
KS2
7
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
112%
Over capacity
235 pupils
210 capacity
25 places over capacity
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)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.89333%
Overall absence
16.66667%
Persistent absence
180
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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