Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School, Wigan
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Wigan. It has a Church of England religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2011. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 58th-highest of the 67 schools in Wigan with published results, and 11,866th of 14,452 across England. It was full in 2025, at 105% of capacity.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2011)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Wigan (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School in detail
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Standish Lower Ground St Anne's C of E Primary School. It is a privilege and pleasure to be the Headteacher at this wonderful school. Since taking over in September 2023, it has been fantastic to get to know the children and their families and feel part of this very special school community."
Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 79% in Wigan and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 73% in reading and 86% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 16 families put Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School as their first choice and 36 named it as one of their preferences, for 22 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School are Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 77% reading, 74% maths); Beech Hill Community Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 82% reading, 79% maths); Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School (0.9 miles, Requires improvement, 77% reading, 80% maths); and Marsh Green Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 65% reading, 57% maths).
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolBeech Hill Community Primary SchoolWigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant SchoolMarsh Green Primary School
What parents say
33 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 86% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (82%).
Who goes there
39.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 39 pupils (26.9%) received SEN support and 7 (4.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Gathurst Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Anne's Primary School (near), 70 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School are St John Fisher Catholic High School (0.6 miles) and Shevington High School (1.5 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from July 2011, 15 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's November 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
This school excels at making children happy and eager to learn. Teachers prioritise reading with excellent phonics instruction and engaging texts, and pupils benefit from numerous trips and experiences that bring learning to life. Children develop strong values including responsibility, respect, and kindness through leadership roles and community involvement.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading with high-quality texts and effective phonics teaching that helps most pupils become confident readers
- Pupils behave well, are polite and respectful, with positive attitudes towards learning and differences between people
- Broad range of enriching experiences including visits to activity centres, theatre, orchestra, and residential trips
- Pupils develop leadership skills through various roles such as school councillors, prefects, and buddies
- Early years children make a positive start to their education
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers do not deliver the curriculum consistently well - some explanations lack clarity and activity choices are not always adapted to meet individual pupil needs
- School has not checked routinely enough on how well pupils develop written and spoken communication skills, so errors go unaddressed
- Governing body was not fully effective in holding the school to account in the past, though this is improving
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with school leaders creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Visits to activity centres, theatre, orchestra performances, residential trips, musical instrument lessons, school choir, sports clubs, arts and crafts clubs, school council, prayer and play leader roles, prefect roles, roots and shoots club, buddy schemes, charity fundraising
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School is a Good primary school where pupils are happy, behave well, and achieve across a range of subjects. The school has recently raised expectations for all pupils and provides a broad, balanced curriculum with enriching experiences.
At a Glance
39.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
33 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 73% to 60% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 86% to 70% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 70% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
20.7
Avg class size
21.0
Infant (KS1)
20.5
KS2
7
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School
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Newsletter - 24th April 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Wigan is 10 (the median across 146 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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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
105%
Over capacity
147 pupils
140 places
7 pupils over capacity in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Wigan
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Wigan
Across Wigan council
Places available
3,894
Applications
3,541
Got 1st preference
88.7%
Got preferred school
97.3%
All primary applications across Wigan council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(7)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
39
SEN Support
7
EHC Plans
31.7%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
145
Total Pupils
74
Boys
71
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
8
Teachers
18.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£50,632
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,143
Per pupil
£1060k
Total funding
£77k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.9%
Overall absence
12.2%
Persistent absence
131
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School
Questions parents ask about Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School
What are SATs results like at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School?
Of the pupils at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 60% reached the expected standard in reading and 70% did so in maths.
What is Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in July 2011, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School is oversubscribed, Wigan allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School?
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School was full in 2025, at 105% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School?
Classes at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School average 20.7 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School?
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School has around 145 pupils on roll. 39% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School?
4.9% of sessions were missed at Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School in 2024/25. 12.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School?
Apply through Wigan's coordinated admissions process, naming Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School 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 Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Wigan is 10 (the median across 146 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School?
Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School is at Wigan Lower Road, Standish Lower Ground, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 8JP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)