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Bryn St Peter's CofE Primary School

Primary · Wigan · WN4 0DL

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 16 July 2026

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At a glance

186 pupils · 89% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
43.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.brynsaintpeters.co.uk
URN
106438

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.77 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 0.565 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 19 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2007 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.77 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.565 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
76%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school76%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
Wigan average65.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolFaversham · 212 miles awayGood45%
North Crescent Primary SchoolWickford · 187 miles awayGood68%
Bungay Primary SchoolBungay · 185 miles awayNeeds attention36%
Northbrook Primary AcademyLeyland · 14 miles awayExpected standard66%
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 180 miles awayGood62%
New Whittington Community Primary SchoolChesterfield · 54 miles awayGood59%
St Paul's CofE Primary School, StalybridgeStalybridge · 25 miles awayGood76%
North Somercotes CofE Primary SchoolLouth · 115 miles awayGood69%
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · 22 miles awayNo current grade71%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, ShottonDurham · 101 miles awayGood71%
Biscovey AcademyPar · 235 miles awayGood61%
Wisbech St Mary CofE AcademyWisbech · 128 miles awayGood79%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Wigan 79%, England 60%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Wigan 2%, England 1%) · Black African 3% (Wigan 5%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wigan 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Wigan 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wigan 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Wigan 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wigan: 2.41 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

44.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,926; 30% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,244
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £112,032; in-year balance -£64,241

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.6%62.3%
Social housing11%17.1%
Privately rented20%20.5%
Detached houses26.6%22.9%
Flats9.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006268 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£180,000230 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£150,000–£250,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (50)£327,500
Semi-detached (117)£180,000
Terraced (61)£150,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.91 km, 2020 entry): 196 sales, median £182,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
10an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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