St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton

State-Funded School

st-richards-roman-catholic-primary-school-atherton-wigan-north-west

North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

Leigh and AthertonConstituency

M46 0HAPostcode

8.1

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton 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 184 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 28 Apr 2026 · published 21 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

52%

Asian

Black

33%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

184

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

36%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 184
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least 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 20 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
1 Feb 2017	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.