St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C67
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Leigh, WN7 2PW
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh
Astley Street, Leigh, WN7 2AS
Local ranking93rd of 97 primary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 48.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 2.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 54
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 407
- Boys
- 210 (52%)
- Girls
- 197 (48%)
- Capacity
- 420 (97% full)
- SEND
- 16.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.3%
- EAL
- 11.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 15.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,018/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.5%
- Black African: 6.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Other: 1.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
82.5%
White British
6.4%
Black African
2.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Astley Street
Leigh, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106448
- UKPRN
- 10068666
- Establishment No.
- 3030
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Score
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- Type
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- Phase
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- Distance
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- Phase
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- Location
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Ofsted: Good
Score
B71
- Type
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- Phase
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- Location
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Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
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- Phase
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- Location
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- Distance
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Score
C63
- Type
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- Phase
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- Location
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- Distance
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