St Peter's Catholic High School

State-Funded School

st-peters-catholic-high-school-wigan-north-west

North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

MakerfieldConstituency

WN5 8NUPostcode

7.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Peter's Catholic High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Wigan, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,026 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 51.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 51.7%
EBacc average point score: 4.34

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,026

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

12%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 1,026
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
28 Apr 2024	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
20 Mar 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.