Gaskell Community Primary School

State-Funded School

gaskell-community-primary-school-bolton-north-west

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton North EastConstituency

BL1 2QGPostcode

7.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Gaskell Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bolton, North West.

It currently serves 472 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 71%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

18%

Asian

48%

Black

20%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

472

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

69%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 472
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
13 Feb 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
15 Feb 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
17 Jul 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.