St Columba's RC Primary School

State-Funded School

st-columbas-rc-primary-school-bolton-north-west

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton North EastConstituency

BL2 3ARPostcode

6.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Columba's RC Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bolton, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 235 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

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: 68%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

72%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

235

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

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: 235
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
16 May 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
7 Oct 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.