St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton WestConstituency

BL1 6LAPostcode

8.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Bolton, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 215 pupils. St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School is part of Forward as One Church of England Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 72%
Higher standard: 19%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

215

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

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: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 215
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Forward as One Church of England Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 19 October 2022. 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
16 Nov 2011	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.