St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan

State-Funded School

st-judes-catholic-primary-school-wigan-wigan-north-west

North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

MakerfieldConstituency

WN3 5ANPostcode

8.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Wigan, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 188 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 9%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

57%

Asian

Black

22%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

188

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 188
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
3 Jul 2023	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
1 Dec 2019	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

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.