St Mary's RC Primary School

State-Funded School

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

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton WestConstituency

BL6 6EPPostcode

8.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's RC Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Bolton, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 214 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

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 78%
Higher standard: 19%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

75%

Asian

Black

Mixed

11%

Chinese

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

214

Total Pupils

44%Boys

56%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 214
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 12 March 2025. 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
12 May 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	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.