St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
Ofsted: Expected
Score
B81
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Wigan, WN5 7AA
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Orrell Holgate Academy
Moor Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8SJ
Local ranking21st of 97 primary schools in Wigan
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 29 January 2025.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 86.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 24.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 200
- Boys
- 101 (51%)
- Girls
- 97 (49%)
- Capacity
- 210 (94% full)
- SEND
- 15.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.0%
- EAL
- 6.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,495/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 91.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Other: 1.5%
- Asian Chinese: 1.0%
- White Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
91.5%
White British
2.0%
Mixed White & Asian
1.5%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Moor Road
Wigan, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 143389
- UKPRN
- 10057695
- Establishment No.
- 2023
- Trust
- THE ROWAN LEARNING TRUST
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