St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Queensway
Higher Folds
Leigh
Lancashire
WN7 2XG
Phone 01942769712
Reference Number 106506

General Makeup

Number of pupils 359
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.86%
Girls: 50.14%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 57%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 16.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 22 29 51
2 24 24 48
3 28 21 49
4 19 21 40
5 24 21 45
6 22 27 49

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 73.8%
White, Other 8.4%
African 7.5%
White & Black (African) 1.9%
Chinese 1.1%
Indian 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
Mixed, Other 0.6%
Asian, Other 0.6%
White & Asian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-11
Date Description Report
2024-09-24 School inspection School inspection
2019-02-05 Short inspection Short inspection
2014-11-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-04-16 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-02-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-05-18 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-06-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-11-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-09-17 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 73% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 109 Unlock Unlock
Maths 109 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.6 Unlock Unlock
Writing -0.9 Unlock Unlock
Maths 4.6 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 11 1
Third Preference 5 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
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0.68 miles
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0.68 miles
Parklee Community School
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1.01 miles
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1.09 miles
St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh
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1.11 miles
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School
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1.12 miles
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1.14 miles
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge
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1.17 miles
St Stephen's CofE Primary School
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1.21 miles
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1.29 miles
Chowbent Primary School
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1.33 miles
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1.41 miles
Bedford Hall Methodist Primary School
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1.41 miles
Leigh CofE Primary School
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1.44 miles
St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton
Bolton Old Road, Atherton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M46 9FD
1.44 miles
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh
Windermere Road, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 1UX
1.54 miles
Leigh Central Primary School
Windermere Road, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 1UY
1.55 miles
Meadowbank Primary School & Children's Centre
Formby Avenue, Atherton, Manchester, M46 0HX
1.58 miles
Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School
Walmesley Road, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 1YE
1.58 miles
St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton
Flapper Fold Lane, Atherton, Manchester, M46 0HA
1.61 miles
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Fred Longworth High School
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0.61 miles
Bedford High School
Manchester Road, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 2LU
0.9 miles
Cambian Tyldesley School
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1 miles
Atherton High School
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1.07 miles
St Mary's Catholic High School
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1.16 miles
The Westleigh School
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1.87 miles
The Holden School
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2.21 miles
Star Salford Academy
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3.1 miles
Westhoughton High School
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3.2 miles
The Lowry Academy
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3.27 miles
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3.27 miles
Oakfield High School and College
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3.37 miles
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3.67 miles
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3.75 miles
Essa Academy
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3.81 miles
Thomasson Memorial School
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3.85 miles
Green Meadow Independent Primary School
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3.85 miles
King's Leadership Academy Bolton
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3.86 miles
St James's Church of England High School
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