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Lostock Primary School

Primary · Bolton · BL6 4PS

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 14 May 2024

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At a glance

213 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6.6% of pupils
Website
http://www.lostock.bolton.sch.uk/
URN
151514

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.37 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 41 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£2,948
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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