Ofsted inspection · 06/07/2023
Overview of Bowness Primary School · Primary · Bolton
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
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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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 | 86% | 14% | 100% | 43% | 86% | 21% | 100% | 43% | 86% | 100% | 110.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 | — | — | — | 26% | 124 |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 14% | 91% | 41% | 77% | 18% | 77% | 18% | 82% | 86% | 107.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 24% | 132 |
| 2022/23 | 56% | 11% | 72% | 28% | 72% | 22% | 61% | 33% | 89% | 61% | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | +1.40 | +3.00 | +1.00 | 23% | 123 |
| 2018/19 | 68% | 9% | 73% | 27% | 68% | 14% | 82% | 18% | 82% | 82% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | +4.20 | +1.20 | +4.00 | 23% | 116 |
| 2017/18 | 62% | 0% | 71% | 5% | 81% | 14% | 62% | 14% | 86% | 76% | 102.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 | -0.10 | +1.80 | -0.30 | — | 123 |
| 2016/17 | 47% | 5% | 58% | 5% | 68% | 5% | 58% | 11% | 79% | 74% | 100.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 | +1.00 | +2.80 | +0.50 | 10% | 122 |
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.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 124 | 24.8 | 26% | 10% | 42% | 9% | 27% |
| 2023/24 | 132 | 22.0 | 24% | 4% | 50% | 9% | 33% |
| 2022/23 | 123 | 20.1 | 23% | 2% | 43% | 7% | 23% |
| 2021/22 | 112 | 18.7 | 19% | 6% | 44% | 8% | 29% |
| 2020/21 | 115 | 20.5 | 23% | 8% | 46% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 116 | 14.5 | 23% | 11% | 44% | 7% | 21% |
| 2017/18 | — | 15.4 | — | — | — | 8% | 25% |
| 2016/17 | 122 | 15.3 | 10% | 26% | 52% | 8% | 21% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.