Overview of St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth · 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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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% | 8% | 79% | 31% | 73% | 12% | 77% | 33% | 90% | 81% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 19% | 359 |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 9% | 61% | 14% | 68% | 14% | 64% | 16% | 82% | 55% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 344 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 10% | 67% | 19% | 67% | 12% | 69% | 24% | 76% | 62% | 103.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 | -3.40 | -1.70 | -0.20 | 17% | 358 |
| 2018/19 | 67% | 11% | 76% | 40% | 71% | 16% | 87% | 38% | 71% | 80% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | -0.30 | -1.90 | +0.40 | 15% | 348 |
| 2017/18 | 66% | 11% | 73% | 45% | 66% | 11% | 75% | 45% | 68% | 73% | 107.0 | 107.0 | 111.0 | +3.60 | -0.30 | +3.20 | — | 350 |
| 2016/17 | 40% | 7% | 49% | 16% | 56% | 7% | 64% | 18% | 67% | 67% | 101.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 | -0.40 | -2.60 | +0.70 | 22% | 371 |
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 | 359 | 22.1 | 19% | 27% | 53% | 7% | 21% |
| 2023/24 | 344 | 21.8 | 16% | 21% | 54% | 8% | 26% |
| 2022/23 | 358 | 21.4 | 17% | 21% | 55% | 8% | 27% |
| 2021/22 | 354 | 19.8 | 14% | 22% | 58% | 8% | 29% |
| 2020/21 | 355 | 22.2 | 16% | 20% | 48% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 348 | 22.0 | 15% | 19% | 62% | 5% | 15% |
| 2017/18 | — | 25.3 | — | — | — | 5% | 12% |
| 2016/17 | 371 | 22.7 | 22% | 24% | 67% | 5% | 14% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.