St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh

State-Funded School

st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-leigh-wigan-north-west

North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

Leigh and AthertonConstituency

WN7 2PWPostcode

8.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Wigan, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 204 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 21 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 74%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

204

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

23%

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 204
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 12 January 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
10 Jul 2012	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.