St Bede Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bolton, BL3 3LJ
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Essa Primary Academy
Lever Edge Lane, Bolton, BL3 3HH
Local ranking76th of 93 primary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 5 November 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
- 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)
- 66.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 65
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 406
- Boys
- 199 (49%)
- Girls
- 207 (51%)
- Capacity
- 420 (97% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 43.8%
- EAL
- 68.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,502/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 40.3%
- Black African: 14.5%
- Asian Indian: 12.2%
- White Other: 9.7%
- Other: 8.4%
- White British: 4.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 2.8%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
40.3%
Asian Pakistani
14.5%
Black African
12.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lever Edge Lane
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 140973
- UKPRN
- 10046639
- Establishment No.
- 2003
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
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