St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bolton, BL1 2JL
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Gaskell Community Primary School
Thomas Holden Street, Bolton, BL1 2QG
Local ranking34th of 92 primary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 79.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 11.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 111.0
- Cohort Size
- 56
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 473
- Boys
- 225 (48%)
- Girls
- 247 (52%)
- Capacity
- 420 (112% full)
- SEND
- 14.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.9%
- EAL
- 65.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,841/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 44.9%
- Black African: 18.5%
- White British: 11.8%
- Other: 5.9%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Asian Indian: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
44.9%
Asian Pakistani
18.5%
Black African
11.8%
White British
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Thomas Holden Street
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105155
- UKPRN
- 10070115
- Establishment No.
- 2014
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