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Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Billinge Road, Pemberton, Wigan WN3 6BL · highfieldsaintmatthews.wigan.sch.uk · 01942 747818
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 81%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wigan 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 415
- 86% of 480 places
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
- First language not English
- 8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 41 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 48 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% the higher standard. Across Wigan it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲81% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106450)
Ofsted
Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 1 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106450), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106450)
Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106450)
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 44
- 10% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied