# Bickershaw CofE Primary School

Bickershaw CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wigan, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 138 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E106470. [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 138
- Council: Wigan
- URN: 106470

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, July 2025
Before that: Good (overall), February 2020
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 26 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 1 July 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 27% of pupils at Bickershaw CofE Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Wigan and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Wigan | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Hindley Green Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hindley-green-community-primary-school-e141642): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Newton Westpark Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newton-westpark-primary-school-e106422): 1.5 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-church-of-england-primary-school-hindley-green-e141644): 1.6 km. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/twelve-apostles-catholic-primary-school-e106503): 1.8 km. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sacred-heart-catholic-primary-school-hindley-green-e130955): 1.8 km. Primary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leigh-st-peters-cofe-primary-school-e135841): 1.8 km. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/106470)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106470)

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