Sunning Hill Primary School

State-Funded School

sunning-hill-primary-school-bolton-north-west

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton South and WalkdenConstituency

BL3 6TRPostcode

7.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Sunning Hill Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Bolton, North West.

It currently serves 526 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 68%
Higher standard: 19%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

Asian

84%

Black

10%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

526

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

69%

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: 526
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
27 Nov 2024	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Not judged
28 Nov 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.