# St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School

St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Wigan, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 375 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E106506. [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 375
- Council: Wigan
- URN: 106506

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 24 September 2024
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Outstanding
- 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, 72% of pupils at St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Wigan and 62% in England.
17% 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 | 72% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 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.

- [Fred Longworth High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fred-longworth-high-school-e137448): 980 m. Secondary. School remains Good, October 2022. Attainment 8 of 47.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Sacred Heart RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sacred-heart-rc-primary-school-e106499): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hindsford CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hindsford-cofe-primary-school-e106441): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bedford High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bedford-high-school-e106523): 1.4 km. Secondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Cambian Tyldesley School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cambian-tyldesley-school-e135557): 1.6 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Parklee Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parklee-primary-school-e151323): 1.6 km. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed

## 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/106506)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106506)

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