R L Hughes Primary School
About the school
R L Hughes Primary School is an open primary school in Wigan.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 3 February 2023
- Published
- 20 March 2023
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- School remains Good
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Wigan
- 66%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 7%
- Wigan
- 10%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 85%
- Wigan
- 77%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 85%
- Wigan
- 74%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 97%
- Wigan
- 77%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 95%
- Wigan
- 75%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 53%
- Wigan
- 31%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 90%
- Wigan
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Wigan
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 109
- Wigan
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 111
- Wigan
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
440
Girls
50.23%
Boys
49.77%
SEN support
10.45%
Education, health and care plan
2.95%
English as an additional language
5.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
19.21%
Overall absence
4.21
Persistent absence
8.4