Schools in Wigan

About schools in Wigan

Wigan lists 102 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 13 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at three sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

67%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 69 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

43.1

average Attainment 8 score, across the 17 schools with published results

Nursery schools2

• Douglas Valley Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Hindley Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools70

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Aspull Church Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Beech Hill Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Bickershaw CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  27%

  expected standard
• Billinge Chapel End Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Britannia Bridge Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

• Garswood Primary and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Hindley All Saints CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Hindley Green Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Hindley Junior and Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Holy Family Catholic Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• Ince CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Mab's Cross Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Marsh Green Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Marus Bridge Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Millbrook Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Newburgh Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  92%

  expected standard
• Nicol Mere School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  97%

  expected standard
• Orrell Holgate Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Orrell Newfold Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  93%

  expected standard
• Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  100%

  expected standard
• Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Parklee Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Platt Bridge Community School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• R L Hughes Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Rectory CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  27%

  expected standard
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Shevington Vale Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  84%

  expected standard
• St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  82%

  expected standard
• St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• St Catharine's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  38%

  expected standard
• St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Wigan

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  88%

  expected standard
• St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• St James' Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• St John's Church of England Primary School, Abram

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  51%

  expected standard
• St John's Church of England Primary School, Hindley Green

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St John's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  91%

  expected standard
• St Mark's CofE Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  44%

  expected standard
• St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St Mary's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• St Oswald's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• St Paul's Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Hindley

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St Thomas CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• St William's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  84%

  expected standard
• Westfield Community School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• Winstanley Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Wood Fold Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Woodfield Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  93%

  expected standard
• Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

Secondary schools13

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Cansfield High School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  44.4

  Attainment 8
• Dean Trust Rose Bridge

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  39.7

  Attainment 8
• Dean Trust Wigan

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  33.1

  Attainment 8
• Hawkley Hall High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  40.4

  Attainment 8
• Outwood Academy Hindley

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  40.0

  Attainment 8
• Shevington High School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  49.0

  Attainment 8
• St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  49.1

  Attainment 8
• St John Fisher Catholic High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  41.3

  Attainment 8
• St Peter's Catholic High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  51.1

  Attainment 8
• Standish Community High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  49.7

  Attainment 8
• The Byrchall High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  41.3

  Attainment 8
• The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 18

  45.7

  Attainment 8
• Up Holland High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  48.8

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges3

• St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 19

• Wigan and Leigh College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

• Winstanley College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 19

Special schools and alternative provision14

• Expanse Learning Wigan School

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Fir Tree College

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 14 to 25

• Fix-It (UK) Ltd

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 16 to 24

• Hope School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 19

• Infinite Schools Wigan

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Landgate School, Bryn

  Community special school · Ages 4 to 19

• Martha H School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 18

• My Life Learning

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 16 to 25

• My Oasis Therapeutic Alternative Provision

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Newbridge Learning Community

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Oakfield High School and College

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 19

• Progress Arc Billinge School

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 19

• TMP College

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 16 to 24

• Willow Grove Primary School

  Community special school · Ages 5 to 11

Common questions about schools in Wigan

How many schools does Wigan have?

OfferDay lists 102 schools in Wigan, including 70 primary schools and 14 special and alternative provision schools.

Who inspects schools in Wigan?

Every school in Wigan is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Wigan ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Wigan where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 28 July 2026.