Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School, Wigan

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Most pupils attend school regularly."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum is well sequenced."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders articulate a clear vision for inclusion that is rooted in equity rather than equality."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from a wide range of experiences."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' achievement varies across the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have not ensured that teaching is consistently effective across the school."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders' systems are not rigorous enough to show the impact of the school's work."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teaching is consistently responsive, so that staff can swiftly identify and address pupils' learning gaps and misconceptions, to help pupils build secure foundations and learn more deeply"; "Leaders should refine how activities and adaptations are used so that they are precisely matched to pupils' needs, especially for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and enable pupils to learn the knowledge leaders intend them to secure"; "Leaders should strengthen how foundational writing skills, including handwriting, spelling and sentence construction, are developed across the school so that pupils record their learning accurately and demonstrate what they know"; "Leaders and those responsible for governance should ensure that systems, including safeguarding and inclusion records, consistently demonstrate that timely action is taken, so that leaders and governors can evaluate impact and assure themselves that pupils are kept safe and supported".

In its own words: "Everyone is welcomed into our St. Andrew’s family, where we nurture each individual’s gifts as a unique child of God in a safe, loving Christian environment. We inspire each other to achieve our God-given potential so that we may live life in all its fullness. Our Christian values are our heartbeat; empowering a community of understanding, hope and resilience."

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 79% in Wigan and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 40% in reading and 47% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School as their first choice and 41 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School are Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 77% reading, 74% maths); Beech Hill Community Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 82% reading, 79% maths); Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 60% reading, 70% maths); and Marsh Green Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 65% reading, 57% maths).

Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

The nearest railway station is Wigan Wallgate Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sacred Heart Church (opposite), 140 metres away.

Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School are St John Fisher Catholic High School (0.3 miles), The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College (0.6 miles) and Dean Trust Rose Bridge (1.7 miles).