St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school · Primary school · Bolton, Bolton
BL3 3DE
Composite score
66.3

School overview

St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Bolton, Bolton, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 230 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 8.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,404
National rank
#285
In North West
#19
In Bolton
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
84%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

School profile

Pupils on roll 230 % FSM ever-6 34.2% % EAL 46.5% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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