Wood Fold Primary SchoolSt Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Wigan.

Summary of the comparison

Wood Fold Primary School and St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish are primary schools in Wigan.

  • Wood Fold Primary School scores 85 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish scores 79 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Wood Fold Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Wood Fold Primary School was judged exceptional and St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 78.0% for Wood Fold Primary School and 91.0% for St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Wood Fold Primary School (85.0% in 2022-23, 78.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish (81.0% in 2022-23, 91.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Wood Fold Primary School versus St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WiganWood Fold Primary SchoolWiganSt Marie's Catholic Primary School StandishEngland average
Overview
Our scoreA85/100Stronger figureB79/100
Local ranking3rd of 97 in Wigan Stronger figure11th of 97 in Wigan
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingOfsted: Outstanding
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll413 203
Capacity417 210
LocationWigan, WN6 0TS Wigan, WN6 0LF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard78.0% 91.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard22.0% 24.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 108.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census413 203
Free school meals (ever 6)10.7% 11.8%
English as an additional language6.8% 11.3%
SEN support9.7% 16.3%
SEN with an EHC plan1.4% 5.4%
Attendance
Overall absence3.7% Stronger figure5.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence4.2% Stronger figure9.0% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Wood Fold Primary School

St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish

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