Academy sponsor led · Primary
Wigan · WN2 5JF · Wigan
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 141641
St John's Church of England Primary School, Abram
Academy converter · Wigan · WN2 5QE
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
274
Local authority
Wigan
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Wigan, Wigan, 274 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 22.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Liverpool.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141641
Location
- Address
- Simpkin Street, Abram
- Postcode
- WN2 5QE
- Town
- Wigan
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Wigan
- District
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 274
- Boys / girls
- 129 / 145
- School capacity
- 245
- Capacity fill
- 274 / 245 (112%)
- Free school meals
- 22.3%
- FSM pupils
- 61
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Academy trust: QUEST (A CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS TRUST)
- Academy trust
- QUEST (A CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS TRUST)
- Sponsor
- The Keys Federation
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Bear
- Telephone
- 01942703465
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-05-18
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 57%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
6.0%
Persistent absence
14.7%
Unauthorised
2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 251
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 6.6% · Persistent 17.8%
- 2021/22
- Overall 7.6% · Persistent 24.4%