St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell 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 20/04/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is well above average, progress in maths is above average, progress in writing is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.8%, which is 1.2 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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St James Road, Wigan

School Information

Address: St James Road, Wigan, WN5 7AA
Website: www.orrellsaintjames.wigan.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01942748455
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Gary Hayes
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 106492

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 20/04/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 400
Number of Boys: 208
Number of Girls: 192

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 2.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 3.6 Confidence interval 2 to 5.2
Writing
Average: 0.7 Confidence interval -0.7 to 2.2
Maths
Above Average: 2.3 Confidence interval 0.9 to 3.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:88%
England Average:65%

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

School:20%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:109
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:109
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell
St James Road , Orrell WN5 7AA 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
St James Road , Orrell WN5 7BD 		4out of 4 173 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Orrell Holgate Academy
Moor Road , Orrell WN5 8SJ 		3out of 4 753 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
Highgate Road , Up Holland WN8 0HX 		3out of 4 2,065 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy
Kershaw Street , Orrell WN5 0AW 		4out of 4 2,421 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Up Holland High School
Sandbrook Road , Orrell WN5 7AL 		3out of 4 314 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Peter's Catholic High School
Howards Lane , Orrell WN5 8NU 		3out of 4 1,797 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Dean Trust Wigan
, Greenhey WN5 0DQ 		2out of 4 2,341 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Winstanley College
Winstanley Road , Billinge WN5 7XF 		- not rated 1,068 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College
Gathurst Road , Orrell WN5 0LJ 		- not rated 3,260 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
TMP Studios CIC
830 Ormskirk Road , Pemberton WN5 8EX 		- not rated 2,297 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Hope High School
Carfield , Clay Brow WN8 9DP 		3out of 4 2,856 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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