Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy, Wigan

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Across all year groups and key stages, pupils make firm progress."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils enjoy coming to school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have constructed an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders take care to understand pupils' individual needs as soon as they arise."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils benefit from an exciting and well-planned range of experiences that support their personal development."

Early years - Expected standard. "In the early years, children are happy and safe."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders understand what the school does well and where they need to make further improvement."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should make sure that training develops the expertise of staff to support children in developing their early writing skills securely so that children have regular planned opportunities to practise writing across the early years provision"; "Leaders should analyse the systems and data they have about the school's work more closely so that they can act with precision for continued improvement"; "Governors should strengthen how they hold leaders to account so that they can support further improvement across the school".

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 89% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 79% in Wigan and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 95% in reading and 96% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 97 families put Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy as their first choice and 189 named it as one of their preferences, for 90 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 12 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy are St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 91% reading, 91% maths); Wood Fold Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 89% reading, 89% maths); Millbrook Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 79% reading, 66% maths); and St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (1.7 miles, Good, 77% reading, 68% maths).

Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy is one of 6 schools run by The Learning Together Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

154 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy (as of April 2026): 92% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 35% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (35%).

9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 73 pupils (12.5%) received SEN support and 9 (1.5%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Gathurst Rail Station, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Copeland Drive (opposite), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy issued 8 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy are Standish Community High School (0.8 miles) and Shevington High School (1.3 miles).