St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever

Voluntary aided school · Primary school · Bolton, Bolton
BL3 1BQ
Composite score
30.8

About St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever

St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever is a primary school in Bolton, Bolton, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 195 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever 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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#13,256
National rank
#2015
In North West
#91
In Bolton
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

School profile

Pupils on roll 195 % FSM ever-6 17.9% % EAL 2.1% Age range 5–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Location

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