Hardy Mill Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bolton, BL2 4EF
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Harwood Meadows Primary School
Orchard Gardens, Harwood, Bolton, BL2 3PS
Local ranking39th of 93 primary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 30 July 2026
Primary
Phase
236
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 62.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 217
- Boys
- 115 (53%)
- Girls
- 102 (47%)
- Capacity
- 236 (92% full)
- SEND
- 14.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.3%
- EAL
- 6.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 12.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,657/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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
Loading chart
- White British: 82.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Black African: 1.8%
- Other: 1.8%
- White Irish: 1.4%
82.0%
White British
2.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
2.3%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Orchard Gardens
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 137991
- UKPRN
- 10036919
- Establishment No.
- 2072
- Trust
- HARWOOD MEADOWS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
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