Turton Belmont Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Bolton, Blackburn with Darwen·BL7 8AH
Composite score
100.0
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National rank
#1
In North West
#1
In Blackburn with Darwen
Top 0.1%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
100%
% achieving higher RWM
36%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
86%
7 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
16
any preference, for 7 places
Applications from another council area
62%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Turton Belmont Community Primary School yet. Blackburn with Darwen does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
91
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
5.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,547
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Turton Belmont Community Primary School

Turton Belmont Community Primary School is a primary school in Bolton, Blackburn with Darwen, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 91 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 100% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 29.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 1% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 36% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 86% of the families who made Turton Belmont Community Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Turton Belmont Community 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 above.

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