Bolton Primary School | Primary in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland and Furness | Ofsted & DfE

67%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

67%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

67%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Local authorityWestmorland and Furness

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio14.4:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Bolton Primary School · Primary · Westmorland and Furness

Finance£8877 spend / pupil£9174 income / pupil2024-25 · CFRView on FBIT

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

67%

-13pp

80%57%33%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 67%

RWM higher standard

11%

+1pp

14%7%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

78%

Reading higher standard

22%

Writing expected standard

78%

Writing higher standard

22%

Maths expected standard

89%

Maths higher standard

11%

Science expected standard

89%

SPAG expected standard

67%

LA AVG 71.21%

SPAG higher standard

33%

LA AVG 23.69%

Reading scaled score

104.0

LA AVG 105.17

Maths scaled score

103.0

LA AVG 104.12

GPS scaled score

105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

14.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

14%

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Bolton, Appleby-in-Westmorland, CA16 6AW

Local authority

Westmorland and Furness

Website

www.bolton.cumbria.sch.uk

Telephone

01768361511

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	67%	11%	78%	22%	78%	22%	89%	11%	89%	67%	104.0	103.0	105.0	—	—	—	24%	59
2023/24	80%	10%	90%	40%	80%	40%	90%	30%	90%	80%	109.0	106.0	105.0	—	—	—	12%	64
2022/23	54%	0%	69%	38%	92%	8%	62%	8%	100%	92%	104.0	102.0	106.0	+0.50	+3.80	+0.00	15%	65
2018/19	71%	14%	79%	50%	79%	21%	71%	21%	79%	71%	107.0	104.0	104.0	+1.50	+0.10	-2.40	23%	66
2017/18	33%	0%	83%	0%	33%	0%	50%	0%	83%	33%	104.0	97.0	99.0	-0.50	-5.30	-5.00	18%	61
2016/17	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	15%	52

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	59	16.1	24%	0%	14%	4%	11%
2023/24	64	26.6	12%	0%	14%	5%	6%
2022/23	65	15.5	15%	0%	20%	8%	34%
2021/22	57	19.9	14%	0%	11%	7%	21%
2020/21	59	17.3	20%	0%	12%	—	—
2018/19	66	23.1	23%	0%	6%	3%	—
2017/18	61	14.1	18%	0%	8%	3%	0%
2016/17	52	16.8	15%	0%	6%	2%	0%