Bolton by Bowland Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C64
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Clitheroe, BB7 4NP
- Distance
- 4.0km away
Gisburn Primary School
Burnley Road, Gisburn, Clitheroe, BB7 4ET
Local ranking10th of 466 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Strong
Primary
Phase
140
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 8 July 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 94.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 17.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 100.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 100.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 94.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 100.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 18
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 137
- Boys
- 79 (58%)
- Girls
- 58 (42%)
- Capacity
- 140 (98% full)
- SEND
- 7.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.6%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.0%
- SEN Support
- 7.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,529/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 3.3% 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: 94.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
94.5%
White British
3.9%
Asian Pakistani
0.8%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Burnley Road
Clitheroe, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119270
- UKPRN
- 10072983
- Establishment No.
- 2266
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