Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
Billinge Road, Wigan, WN3 6BL
415 pupils · 86% of 480 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 March 2023, published 26 April 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 81% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 14% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 41 | 39 | 79 | 40 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 39 | 39 | 75 | 39 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 38 | 38 | 72 | 38 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 39 | 39 | 82 | 39 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 48 | 46 | 86 | 47 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 52 | 45 | 103 | 50 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 58 | 58 | 101 | 58 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 53 | 49 | 95 | 52 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan 0.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Wigan 1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Winstanley Community Primary School 1.1 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School 1.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St John's CofE Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan 1.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.