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Beaumont Primary School

Primary · BOLTON · BL3 4RX

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 March 2025

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At a glance

220 pupils · 101% of 218 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
50.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.beaumont.bolton.sch.uk
URN
105173

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 56 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.87 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.342 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its inspection on 11 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.87 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 56 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.342 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.342 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
29%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
Bolton average65.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Nascot Wood Junior SchoolWatford · 157 miles awayOutstanding88%
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 40 miles awayGood58%
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolWeston-super-Mare · 155 miles awayGood48%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · 175 miles awayStrong standard80%
St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers FordEastleigh · 185 miles awayGood55%
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, DartfordDartford · 185 miles awayGood85%
Bewick Bridge Community Primary SchoolCambridge · 146 miles awayStrong standard90%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol · 141 miles awayGood66%
St John's CofE Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLondon · 167 miles awayGood63%
St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & NurseryExeter · 201 miles awayStrong standard79%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol · 146 miles awayGood59%
Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary AcademyBurton-on-Trent · 64 miles awayGood50%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 35% (Bolton 10%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 27% (Bolton 18%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Bolton 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Bolton 2%, England 3%) · White British 7% (Bolton 46%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Bolton 3%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Bolton 8%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bolton 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Bolton 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Bolton 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bolton 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bolton: 2.36 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

30% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,422; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,307
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £40,383; in-year balance +£39,310

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.5%62.3%
Social housing5.4%17.1%
Privately rented9.1%20.5%
Detached houses79.6%22.9%
Flats5.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004835 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£300,000185 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£220,000–£380,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (116)£340,000
Semi-detached (34)£255,000
Terraced (33)£165,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.55 km, 2026 entry): 78 sales, median £330,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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