Haslam Park Primary School

Haslam Park Primary School is performing well overall, with an overall effectiveness rating of good and an outstanding rating for early years provision. The school fosters a welcoming environment where diversity is celebrated, and students feel safe and supported. Leaders have high aspirations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs, and pupils are encouraged to strive for excellence in their education. Although the school has various strengths in reading culture and subject curriculum design, there are areas for improvement in assessments unrelated to early years.

Strengths

• Strong culture of reading among pupils
• High-quality training for staff in phonics curriculum delivery
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• Pupils exhibit polite and respectful behavior
• Wide range of extracurricular clubs available for pupils
• Outstanding early years provision preparing children well for Year 1
• Strong support from leaders and governors for staff workload

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack effective assessment strategies in a few subjects

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 Haslam Park Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.6% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Haslam Park 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 Haslam Park Primary School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% 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, 13.4% of pupils at Haslam Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.5% 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 Haslam Park Primary School received £9,040 and spent £8,484 for each of its 306 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £370,000 (£1,208 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 Haslam Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Haslam Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Haslam Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Haslam Park Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Haslam Park Primary School have?

Haslam Park Primary School has 306 pupils on roll.

What age range does Haslam Park Primary School cover?

Haslam Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Haslam Park Primary School?

Haslam Park Primary School is at Wigan Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 5QL.