Primary
Nicol Mere School
Roman Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8DF
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 418 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
- Local authority
- Wigan
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 34.1
- Pupils per adult
- 12.3
- Pupils
- 420
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 November 2023
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
97%
31 points above the Wigan average (66% across 105 schools)
114.0
8.3 above the Wigan average (105.7 across 105 schools)
2nd of 105 by our score, among the primary schools in Wigan we can score - 112 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 | 112 |
| Average reading score | 114 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 97% |
| Working at a higher standard | 33% |
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 | 97% |
| 23/24 | 98% |
| 24/25 | 97% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 114.0 |
| 23/24 | 116.0 |
| 24/25 | 114.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 114.0 |
| 24/25 | 112.0 |
Roman Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8DF
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.
Wigan 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
- Stephanie Swift
- Address
- Roman Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8DF
- Telephone
- 01942720871