# Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Wigan, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 229 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E106486. [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 229
- Council: Wigan
- URN: 106486

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 14 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 71% of pupils at Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Wigan and 62% in England.
26% 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 | 71% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 26% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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.

- [Lowton Church of England High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lowton-church-of-england-high-school-e137783): 380 m. Secondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Lowton Junior and Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lowton-junior-and-infant-school-e106421): 640 m. Primary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Green Meadow Independent Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/green-meadow-independent-primary-school-e135998): 760 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Gilded Hollins Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gilded-hollins-community-school-e106431): 860 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 97% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-catherines-catholic-primary-school-lowton-e106507): 1.3 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Luke's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-lukes-cofe-primary-school-e106485): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023. 90% 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/106486)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106486)

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