Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School is a primary school located in Wigan. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 28/03/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are average, progress in maths is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Higher Lane, Wigan

School Information

Address: Higher Lane, Wigan, WN8 7RP
Website: http://dalton-stmichaels.co.uk/
Telephone: 01257462082
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Ms A Robinson
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119493

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 28/03/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 84
Number of Pupils: 65
Number of Boys: 42
Number of Girls: 23

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -0.7 Confidence interval -4.5 to 3.2
Writing
Average: 3.2 Confidence interval -0.4 to 6.7
Maths
Well Below Average: -4.8 Confidence interval -8.3 to -1.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:50%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:99
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Higher Lane , Dalton WN8 7RP 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
Ashurst Road , Ashurst WN8 6TN 		3out of 4 770 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Woodlands Community Primary School
Heathgate , Birch Green WN8 6QH 		3out of 4 1,434 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Cobbs Brow School
Manfield , Ashurst WN8 6SU 		4out of 4 1,695 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
Flamstead , Birch Green WN8 6PF 		3out of 4 1,950 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Glenburn Road , WN8 6JW 		3out of 4 2,138 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Lathom High School : A Technology College
Glenburn Road , WN8 6JN 		2out of 4 2,213 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Maharishi Free School
Cobbs Brow Lane , Lathom L40 6JJ 		3out of 4 1,402 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Elm Tree Community Primary School
Elmers Wood Road , Tanhouse WN8 6SA 		4out of 4 2,071 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Learn 4 Life School
Quarry Bank Community Centre, 364 Ormskirk Road , WN8 9AL 		- not rated 2,996 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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