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All Saints CofE Primary School

Primary · Bolton · BL4 7PY

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 31 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

285 pupils · 97% of 294 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
29.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
72.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.all-saints.bolton.sch.uk
URN
105238

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 35 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.17 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.462 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 31 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.17 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 35 first-choice applications · 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 0.462 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.462 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
Bolton average65.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, GatesheadGateshead · 101 miles awayOutstanding79%
Dairy Meadow Primary SchoolSouthall · 165 miles awayGood82%
Ferrars Junior SchoolLuton · 140 miles awayGood55%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolPeterborough · 113 miles awayGood36%
Merrydale Junior SchoolLeicester · 83 miles awayGood67%
St. Mary's Catholic Junior SchoolCroydon · 179 miles awayGood77%
Rowlatts Mead Primary AcademyLeicester · 84 miles awayGood76%
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Junior SchoolLondon · 166 miles awayGood61%
St Michael With St John CofE Primary SchoolBlackburn · 14 miles awayExpected standard69%
Our Lady Queen of Heaven RC SchoolLondon · 172 miles awayOutstanding70%
St Michael at Bowes CofE Junior SchoolLondon · 165 miles awayGood71%
Shenton Primary SchoolLeicester · 83 miles awayGood61%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
5 of 12 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 55% (Bolton 18%, England 5%) · White British 14% (Bolton 46%, England 60%) · Black African 10% (Bolton 8%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Bolton 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Bolton 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Bolton 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Bolton 3%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 1% (Bolton 10%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bolton 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bolton 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Bolton 2%, England 3%) · 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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.91 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
22.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

14.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 8 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 £49,994; 21.4% 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£7,585
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £129,677; in-year balance -£46,096

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work14%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier46.8%62.3%
Social housing26.8%17.1%
Privately rented26.4%20.5%
Detached houses6.8%22.9%
Flats15.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11%21.1%
Households with no car or van33.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004857 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£156,000205 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£120,000–£190,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£270,000
Semi-detached (54)£191,000
Terraced (127)£136,000
Flat (10)£87,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.74 km, 2026 entry): 120 sales, median £147,500. 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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
32an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an 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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