St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane

State-Funded School

st-marys-cofe-primary-school-deane-bolton-north-west

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton WestConstituency

BL3 4QPPostcode

9.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Bolton, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 448 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 15%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

34%

Asian

34%

Black

21%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

448

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

43%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 448
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 1 February 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
19 Jun 2017	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.