St Thomas of Canterbury RC School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bolton, BL1 5LH
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Markland Hill Primary School
Markland Hill, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 5EJ
Local ranking6th of 93 primary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
316
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 17 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 77.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 32.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 91.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 110.0
- Cohort Size
- 44
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 317
- Boys
- 173 (55%)
- Girls
- 144 (45%)
- Capacity
- 316 (100% full)
- SEND
- 10.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 5.0%
- EAL
- 8.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 7.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,209/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 5.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 52.7%
- Asian Indian: 18.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 14.2%
- White Other: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Asian Chinese: 1.6%
52.7%
White British
18.3%
Asian Indian
14.2%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Markland Hill
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105159
- UKPRN
- 10076352
- Establishment No.
- 2019
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