St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton North EastConstituency

BL1 3JBPostcode

2.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bolton, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 366 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Mar 2026 · published 20 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 44%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

20%

Asian

55%

Black

12%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

366

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

England average

27%

First language not English

62%

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: 366
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 Good

Ungraded inspection on 1 December 2021. 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
13 Sept 2016	Outstanding	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.