Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy
Academy converter primary school in Wigan (Wigan).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13 On behalf of the whole school community, we would like to welcome you to our website. St. Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy has been delivering education as part of the Standish Community for many years and we are very proud of all that has been achieved.
We are very much a family who work closely together to ensure that all children are happy and achieve well. We enjoy close links with St. Wilfrid's Church and we are very proud of our strong and distinctive Christian identity, culture and ethos, which permeates all aspects of school life.
Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy is part of the Learning Together Trust, a family of six Primary Schools, who benefit from collaboration and enhance children's education by sharing ideas and expertise with each other.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
23 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Choir
- Climbing
- Computing
- Cooking
- Cricket
- Dance
- Drama
- Fencing
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Lego
- Music
and 7 more
Awards
4 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- ArtsmarkArts and culture
- School Games MarkSport
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Sing UpRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 139883
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (13 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.4 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kathryn Ashton Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kate Newman | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 |
| Mr Simon Bedford | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Andrea Smith | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sonya Melling | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Andrew Stokes Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Revd Catherine Gabriel | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Andrew Salisbury | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Natalie Sinclair | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Reverend Andrew Holliday Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Victoria Walder Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Dominique Cowburn | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Andrew Meadows | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Stuart Colothan Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2015 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record