Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School

Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its good rating since its last inspection in 2016. The school exemplifies a positive learning environment where pupils are eager to attend and excel in their studies, supported by warm relationships between staff and students. The leadership has crafted an ambitious curriculum that accommodates all learners, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), while they take effective measures to enhance reading resilience among key stage 2 pupils following external examinations. The overall atmosphere is one of kindness and respect, promoting a strong sense of community within the school.

Strengths

• Pupils are enthusiastic and eager to learn.
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff are established.
• High expectations for behaviour and academic performance are maintained.
• Curriculum is ambitious and well-designed for all learners.
• Effective support is provided for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils participate eagerly in extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers sometimes do not identify misconceptions effectively before progressing.
• In a few subjects, teachers do not check pupils' retention of knowledge thoroughly enough.

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 Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Blackrod Anglican/Methodist 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 Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 11 pupils.

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 Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School received £8,720 and spent £8,403 for each of its 251 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £99,000 (£395 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 Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School have?

Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School has 260 pupils on roll.

What age range does Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School cover?

Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School?

Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School is at Vicarage Road West, Blackrod, Bolton, Lancashire, BL6 5DE.