Avondale Street, Standish, Wigan, Lancashire WN6 0LF
10 reasons to choose St Marie's Catholic Primary School, Standish
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St Marie’s Catholic Primary School, Standish has a Schoolsmith Score® of 72. It is one of the best state primary schools in Wigan and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St Marie’s Catholic Primary School, Standish is a state primary school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
St Marie’s Catholic Primary School, Standish has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Marie’s Catholic Primary School, Standish ranks in the top 7% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 13% of schools.
The St Marie's Catholic Primary School, Standish curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly ‘Learning Challenge’ topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Marie's Catholic Primary School, Standish
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Marie's Catholic Primary School, Standish
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There may be some occasional extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near St Marie's Catholic Primary School, Standish
Clevelands Preparatory School (9.8 miles); Bolton School Junior Girls’ (10.7 miles); Bolton School Junior Boys’ (10.8 miles).
St Wilfrid’s Church of England Primary Academy, Standish (0.5 miles); Wood Fold Primary School (0.6 miles); Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School (2.8 miles).
Bolton School Girls’ Division (10.6 miles); Bolton School Boys’ Division (10.7 miles); Lord’s Independent School (10.7 miles).
Standish Community High School (0.8 miles); St Peter’s Catholic High School Visual Arts College (4.8 miles); Hawkley Hall High School (5.9 miles).