Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
Primary schoolOrrell Newfold Community Primary School is a primary school in Wigan, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 447 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 93% of pupils at Orrell Newfold Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Wigan and 62% in England.
25% 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 | 93% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 25% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 112 | 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
In a straight line- St James' Catholic Primary School OrrellPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)160 m
- Up Holland High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, May 2023. Attainment 8 of 50.0 (2025/26, provisional)310 m
- Orrell Holgate AcademyPrimary. Improved significantly, January 2025. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Winstanley CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file910 m
- St Peter's Catholic High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 49.2 (2025/26, provisional)1.8 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wigan
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).