St Stephen's CofE Primary School

State-Funded School

st-stephens-cofe-primary-school-wigan-north-west

North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

Worsley and EcclesConstituency

M29 7BTPostcode

3.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Stephen's CofE Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, 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 240 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Mar 2026 · published 13 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 60%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

240

Total Pupils

57%Boys

43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 240
IDACI quintile: 2 (More 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 2 December 2021. 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
9 Feb 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.