St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh is a primary school located in Leigh. 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 19/06/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is well above average, progress in reading is average, progress in writing is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.9%, which is 1.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Mather Lane, Leigh, WN7 2PW
Website: http://www.saintjosephs.wigan.sch.uk
Telephone: 01942606395
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Michelle Daley
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 106501

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 19/06/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 205
Number of Boys: 98
Number of Girls: 107

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 2.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: 1.6 Confidence interval -0.6 to 3.8
Writing
Below Average: -2.4 Confidence interval -4.5 to -0.4
Maths
Well Above Average: 3.3 Confidence interval 1.3 to 5.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:57%
England Average:65%

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

School:7%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh
Mather Lane , WN7 2PW 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh
Astley Street , WN7 2AS 		3out of 4 614 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington
West Bridgewater Street , Pennington WN7 4HB 		3out of 4 747 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Leigh CofE Primary School
Henrietta Street , WN7 1LP 		1out of 4 851 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School
Walmesley Road , WN7 1YE 		3out of 4 1,020 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Bedford High School
Manchester Road , WN7 2LU 		3out of 4 1,348 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Westleigh School
Westleigh Lane , WN7 5NL 		1out of 4 2,837 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St Mary's Catholic High School
Manchester Road , Astley M29 7EE 		3out of 4 3,230 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Expanse Learning (Expanse Group Ltd)
Leigh Sports Stadium, Sale Way , Leigh Sports Village WN7 4JY 		- not rated 1,596 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Holden School
First Lane , Leigh WN7 4SB 		- not rated 2,114 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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