Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B84
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Wigan, WN5 7BD
- Distance
- 0.2km away
St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
St James Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 7AA
Local ranking7th of 97 primary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
405
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 23 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 80.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 20.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 110.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 371
- Boys
- 186 (54%)
- Girls
- 161 (46%)
- Capacity
- 405 (86% full)
- SEND
- 14.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.1%
- EAL
- 3.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,231/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 4.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- 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: 93.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.4%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
93.5%
White British
1.4%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St James Road
Wigan, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106492
- UKPRN
- 10078708
- Establishment No.
- 3388
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