St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton North EastConstituency

BL1 8QAPostcode

8.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

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

It currently serves 251 pupils. St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge is part of Forward as One Church of England Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 23%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

12%

Asian

64%

Black

18%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

251

Total Pupils

43%Boys

57%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

26%

England average

27%

First language not English

64%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 251
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Forward as One Church of England Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
21 Nov 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
12 Jul 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.