Clarendon Primary School

Clarendon Primary School has shown effective action in maintaining its strong standards since its last inspection and is characterized by its embracing, multi-cultural environment. Pupils display exceptional behavior and are proud of their school, embodying the values of friendship and kindness. The school has set high academic expectations, particularly focusing on reading and supporting students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enabling them to achieve well across a broad curriculum. Despite the positive overall performance, the recent phonics screening results indicate some challenges due to transience in pupil enrollment during Year 1, affecting the overall performance in phonics.

Strengths

• Strong academic performance across a broad range of subjects.
• Exceptional behavior and exemplary attitudes among pupils.
• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Effective curriculum organization from early years through to key stage 2.
• Focus on reading and language development integrated throughout the curriculum.
• Excellent personal development opportunities for pupils through diverse extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Phonics screening results were below the national average for Year 1.
• Limited opportunities for pupils to practice work independently, affecting presentation skills.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Clarendon Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Clarendon Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Clarendon Primary School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.9% of pupils at Clarendon Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Clarendon Primary School received £7,550 and spent £7,455 for each of its 438 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £420,000 (£959 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Clarendon Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Clarendon Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Clarendon Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Clarendon Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Clarendon Primary School have?

Clarendon Primary School has 454 pupils on roll.

What age range does Clarendon Primary School cover?

Clarendon Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Clarendon Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Clarendon Primary School?

Clarendon Primary School is at Recreation Street, Clarendon Primary School, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 6SN.