Wood Fold Primary School
Primary schoolWood Fold Primary School is a primary school in Wigan, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 425 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- 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, 78% of pupils at Wood Fold Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Wigan and 62% in England.
22% 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 | 78% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 22% | 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
In a straight line- My Oasis Therapeutic Alternative ProvisionSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file450 m
- St Marie's Catholic Primary School StandishPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2023. 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- Standish Community High SchoolSecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 51.9 (2025/26, provisional)900 m
- Shevington High SchoolSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 50.4 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Millbrook Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 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).