Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

twelve-apostles-catholic-primary-school-wigan-north-west

North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

MakerfieldConstituency

WN7 5JSPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School 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 213 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 1 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 63%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

213

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

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: 213
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
1 Dec 2021	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
8 Feb 2007	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.