St William of York Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Nugent Road
Bolton
Lancashire
BL3 3DE
Phone 01204333522
Reference Number 105226

General Makeup

Number of pupils 234
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 44.02%
Girls: 55.98%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 32.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 47.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 15 15 30
2 13 16 29
3 13 18 31
4 12 18 30
5 11 19 30
6 13 17 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 29.5%
White, British 26.5%
African 13.2%
Indian 8.5%
Asian, Other 4.7%
White & Black (African) 4.3%
White, Other 3.8%
White & Asian 2.1%
Mixed, Other 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.7%
Irish 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2025-03-04
Date Description Report
2025-01-21 School inspection School inspection
2023-03-28 School inspection School inspection
2017-06-20 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-05-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-12-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2005-09-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-09-11 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 83% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 13% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105 Unlock Unlock
Maths 106 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.7 Unlock Unlock
Writing 1.9 Unlock Unlock
Maths 2 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 30 2
Third Preference 20 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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0.93 miles
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