Holy Family Catholic Academy

State-Funded School

holy-family-catholic-academy-wigan-north-west

North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

MakerfieldConstituency

WN2 5JFPostcode

7.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Holy Family Catholic Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Wigan, North West.

It currently serves 228 pupils. Holy Family Catholic Academy is part of ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 76%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 109

Ethnicity

White

63%

Asian

Black

27%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

228

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

33%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 228
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
24 Mar 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
22 Jul 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.