St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bolton, BL1 2JL
- Distance
- 0.4km away
The Olive School, Bolton
Ashton House, Waterloo Street, Bolton, BL1 8HT
Local ranking1st of 93 primary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 7 September 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 95.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 32.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 98.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 98.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 98.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 111.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 111.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 112.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 425
- Boys
- 211 (50%)
- Girls
- 214 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (101% full)
- SEND
- 16.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.1%
- EAL
- 48.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,344/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Muslim
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Indian: 38.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 28.5%
- Asian Other: 10.1%
- Mixed Other: 7.8%
- Black African: 5.4%
- Other: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Black Other: 1.6%
38.7%
Asian Indian
28.5%
Asian Pakistani
10.1%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ashton House
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 142898
- UKPRN
- 10057030
- Establishment No.
- 2009
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
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