St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School
Primary schoolSt Mary and St John Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Wigan, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 209 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), March 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 March 2023
- 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, 67% of pupils at St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Wigan and 62% in England.
3% 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 | 67% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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- Mab's Cross Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)90 m
- Douglas Valley Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, February 2024240 m
- The Ark Wigan LtdSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file640 m
- Wigan and Leigh CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file650 m
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.2 (2025/26, provisional)760 m
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
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).