Ofsted inspection · 10/04/2024
Overview of St Columba's RC 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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2024/25
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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 | 69% | 7% | 79% | 31% | 69% | 10% | 93% | 31% | 90% | 93% | 106.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 | — | — | — | 26% | 236 |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 4% | 86% | 29% | 71% | 11% | 93% | 25% | 86% | 89% | 105.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 | — | — | — | 22% | 238 |
| 2022/23 | 72% | 3% | 76% | 31% | 76% | 7% | 79% | 34% | 76% | 79% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 | +1.90 | +1.50 | +3.10 | 22% | 233 |
| 2018/19 | 63% | 0% | 70% | 10% | 77% | 17% | 87% | 17% | 80% | 93% | 102.0 | 105.0 | 109.0 | -3.00 | -1.30 | -0.30 | 19% | 235 |
| 2017/18 | 62% | 7% | 76% | 10% | 79% | 14% | 76% | 14% | 83% | 90% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 108.0 | -0.30 | -0.20 | -0.60 | 20% | 238 |
| 2016/17 | 60% | 10% | 63% | 33% | 80% | 13% | 87% | 30% | 83% | 87% | 104.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 | -0.90 | -0.30 | +1.20 | 18% | 245 |
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 | 236 | 21.0 | 26% | 16% | 30% | 6% | 15% |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 21.2 | 22% | 15% | 35% | 5% | 11% |
| 2022/23 | 233 | 9.9 | 22% | 14% | 36% | 6% | 14% |
| 2021/22 | 228 | 21.4 | 26% | 14% | 31% | 6% | 14% |
| 2020/21 | 234 | 24.0 | 20% | 14% | 27% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 235 | 24.4 | 19% | 12% | 28% | 4% | 10% |
| 2017/18 | 238 | 21.3 | 20% | 14% | 32% | 4% | 10% |
| 2016/17 | 245 | 24.4 | 18% | 14% | 30% | 4% | 7% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.