St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
Ofsted: Good
Score
B79
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Wigan, WN5 7AA
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
St James Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 7BD
Local ranking4th of 97 primary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
409
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 93.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 25.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 98.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 112.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 110.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 447
- Boys
- 216 (48%)
- Girls
- 231 (52%)
- Capacity
- 409 (109% full)
- SEND
- 10.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.2%
- EAL
- 0.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 8.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,878/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- White Other: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
94.2%
White British
1.4%
Mixed White & Asian
0.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St James Road
Wigan, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106412
- UKPRN
- 10078948
- Establishment No.
- 2026
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