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St Ethelbert's RC Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

230

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Expected Standard

37%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Ethelbert's RC Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Bolton, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 90% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Ethelbert's RC Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Bolton, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 230 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 37% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #97 of 100 primaries in Bolton and #14,186 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 4.0%.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.9 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

37%

LA 63%England 61%

Reading53% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing47% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths57% LA 76% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

48%

LA 63%England 60%

Reading62% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 74% · Eng 71%

Maths59% LA 77% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.8

Read

LA 0.3

-3.3 to 1.7

3.1

Write

LA 1.2

0.7 to 5.5

-1.7

Maths

LA 1.1

-4.1 to 0.7

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

54%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading61% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing68% LA 79% · Eng 78%

Maths79% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.7

Read

LA 0.2

-5.1 to -0.3

-1.5

Write

LA 1.0

-3.6 to 0.7

-1.6

Maths

LA 0.9

-3.7 to 0.5

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

54%

LA 64%

Reading71% LA 73%

Writing68% LA 78%

Maths68% LA 76%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.5

Read

LA 0.2

-3.8 to 0.8

-0.2

Write

LA 0.7

-2.4 to 2

-2

Maths

LA 0.7

-4.1 to 0.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2018-10-31

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2015-03-25

None Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

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

0.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.4%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2023

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 232 pupils. During this period, there were 2 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.7%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2022/23 (Summer term)	232	2	0.9%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	230	1	0.4%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	227	3	1.3%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	232	2	0.9%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	237	2	0.8%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	237	4	1.7%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	232	1	0.4%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	231	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	221	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	249	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	249	1	0.4%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	246	1	0.4%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	242	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	240	1	0.4%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	229	3	1.3%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	248	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	245	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	237	3	1.3%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	242	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	246	1	0.4%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	241	0	0.0%	0.5%