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Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School

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personMrs Diane Furlong

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

199

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Expected Standard

52%

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Demand Ratio

0.7x

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Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Bolton, serving ages 5-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 78% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Bolton, admitting pupils aged 5-11. The school has approximately 201 pupils on roll, of whom 37% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #74 of 88 primaries in Bolton and #10,433 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.7× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 6.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

52%

LA 63%

Reading68% LA 75%

Writing68% LA 73%

Maths61% LA 75%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

52%

LA 63%England 61%

Reading66% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing66% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths66% LA 76% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 63%England 60%

Reading53% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing67% LA 74% · Eng 71%

Maths57% LA 77% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.1

Read

LA 0.3

-5.5 to -0.8

-0.1

Write

LA 1.2

-2.4 to 2.1

-2.6

Maths

LA 1.1

-4.9 to -0.4

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

84%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading87% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing87% LA 79% · Eng 78%

Maths84% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.0

Read

LA 0.2

-1.2 to 3.3

3.1

Write

LA 1.0

1.0 to 5.1

1.2

Maths

LA 0.9

-0.7 to 3.2

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 64%

Reading80% LA 73%

Writing83% LA 78%

Maths80% LA 76%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.3

Read

LA 0.2

-1.9 to 2.5

-1.4

Write

LA 0.7

-3.5 to 0.7

0.6

Maths

LA 0.7

-1.4 to 2.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

14 July 2021

Inspection Report

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19 April 2016

Inspection Report

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03 March 2014

Inspection Report

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19 November 2013

Inspection Report

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29 February 2012

Inspection Report

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12 November 2008

Inspection Report

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19 September 2005

Inspection Report

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28 October 2003

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-04-19

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-11-19

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

7.5%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.5%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 201 pupils. During this period, there were 15 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 7.5%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	201	15	7.5%	0.8%	1
2024/25 (Autumn term)	205	10	4.9%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	207	4	1.9%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	203	4	2.0%	0.7%	1
2023/24 (Autumn term)	203	6	3.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	202	8	4.0%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	199	4	2.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	197	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	207	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	205	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	208	1	0.5%	0.5%	1
2020/21 (Summer term)	209	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	206	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	202	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	210	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	210	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	206	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	209	1	0.5%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	203	0	0.0%	0.5%	1
2018/19 (Autumn term)	207	5	2.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	206	1	0.5%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	200	3	1.5%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	194	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	203	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	199	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	201	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 19 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 7 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 4 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils