Primary
Rectory CofE Primary School
Rectory Road, North Ashton, Wigan, WN4 0QF
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 130 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.3
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 21.4
- Pupils per adult
- 7.1
- Pupils
- 152
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections3
April 2024
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
March 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)June 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
27%
36 points below the St Helens average (63% across 52 schools)
102.0
3.2 below the St Helens average (105.2 across 52 schools)
51st of 52 by our score, among the primary schools in St Helens we can score - 55 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 99 |
| Average reading score | 102 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 27% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 39% |
| 23/24 | 29% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100.0 |
| 23/24 | 99.0 |
| 24/25 | 99.0 |
Rectory Road, North Ashton, Wigan, WN4 0QF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
St. Helens admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Richard Brook
- Address
- Rectory Road, North Ashton, Wigan, WN4 0QF
- Telephone
- 01744678470