Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Manchester · M46 9FP · Wigan
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 106515
St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton
Voluntary aided school · Manchester · M46 9FD
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
397
Local authority
Wigan
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Manchester, Wigan, 397 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 15.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Manchester.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 106515
Location
- Address
- Bolton Old Road, Atherton
- Postcode
- M46 9FD
- Town
- Manchester
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Local authority
- Wigan
- District
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- 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
- 397
- Boys / girls
- 186 / 211
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 397 / 420 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 15.6%
- FSM pupils
- 62
- 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 Manchester
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss L Rigby
- Telephone
- 01942883919
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
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 70%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 17%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0