Wood Fold Primary School
Green Lane, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0TS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Gough
- Constituency
- Wigan
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 417
- Pupils on roll
- 425
- URN
- 106427
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01257400271
About this school
Wood Fold Primary School is a community primary school in Wigan. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 425 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wood Fold Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 58 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 85% | 79% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 22% | 22% |
| Expected standard in reading | 95% | 86% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 91% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 83% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wood Fold Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wigan average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 85% | 62.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 62.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 421 |
| 2023/24 | 415 |
| 2024/25 | 413 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wood Fold Primary School compares
Wood Fold Primary School ranked 20th of 97 primary schools in Wigan for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 3.7% | 10.7% | 425 | — |
| St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish | 91% | 5.1% | 11.8% | 197 | 0.4 miles |
| Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy | 84% | 3.9% | 12.3% | 582 | 0.5 miles |
| Millbrook Primary School | 55% | 4% | 10.1% | 214 | 0.9 miles |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | 58% | 4.1% | 15.2% | 191 | 1.2 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington | 65% | 5.9% | 5.1% | 67 | 1.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.65%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.67%
- Persistent absence
- 4.18%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish0.4 miles
Primary · Wigan
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Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Wigan
-
Millbrook Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Wigan
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St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Wigan
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington1.5 miles
Primary · Wigan
Other schools in Wigan
Wood Fold Primary School ranks 19th of the 66 ranked primary schools in Wigan.
- Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Aspull Church Primary School Primary
- Beech Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Bickershaw CofE Primary School Primary
- Billinge Chapel End Primary School Primary
- Britannia Bridge Primary School Primary
- Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School Primary
- Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Garswood Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wood Fold Primary School teach?
- Wood Fold Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Wigan.
- Who is the headteacher of Wood Fold Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wood Fold Primary School is Mrs Rebecca Gough, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wood Fold Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wood Fold Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Wood Fold Primary School?
- Wood Fold Primary School has 425 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Wood Fold Primary School full?
- Wood Fold Primary School has capacity for 417 pupils and 425 on roll (102%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wood Fold Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wood Fold Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wood Fold Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wood Fold Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Wood Fold Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 85% in 2022/23 and 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wood Fold Primary School compare with other schools in Wigan?
- Wood Fold Primary School ranked 20th of 97 primary schools in Wigan for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wood Fold Primary School's absence rate?
- Wood Fold Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wood Fold Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wood Fold Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.