St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School

St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas. The school has successfully fostered a positive environment where pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), thrive academically and socially. The school has notably high expectations for pupil behaviour and academic achievement, supported by an ambitious curriculum that is effectively designed to help students build on their prior knowledge. Additionally, the school emphasizes the development of personal and social skills, with pupils feeling confident and secure in their learning environment.

Strengths

• Strong relationships among pupils foster a supportive school community
• Leaders and staff maintain high expectations for pupil behaviour and achievement
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum enhances learning
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they access the same curriculum as peers
• Positive efforts toward improving reading abilities among pupils
• Strong leadership and collaboration with the trust benefit school improvement

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack clarity on essential knowledge required in a few subjects
• Minor gaps in teacher assessment skills in select subjects
• A small number of pupils do not have regular attendance

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.3% of pupils at St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School had 27.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.6% of pupils at St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School received £8,957 and spent £8,563 for each of its 88 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £40,000 (£456 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of The Learning Together Trust, income was £7,098 and spending £6,878 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School is part of The Learning Together Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery Wigan
• Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy Wigan
• Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School Chorley
• Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School Preston
• Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School Accrington

What is St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School have?

St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School has 102 pupils on roll.

What age range does St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School cover?

St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School?

St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School is at Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan, Lancashire, WN2 1PA.