All Saints CofE Primary School

All Saints CofE Primary School is a diverse, inclusive school where pupils feel safe and are well supported. Safeguarding standards are met. The inspection found strong practice in inclusion and in personal development and wellbeing, while achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, and leadership and governance are at the expected standard. The school has a new headteacher who took up post in September 2024, is a Church of England school, and has a 12-place specially resourced early years SEND provision for children aged 2 to 5. It is located in an area of well-above-average deprivation, with pupil numbers and proportions of pupils with SEND and eligible for free school meals close to average. Leaders are strongly committed to inclusion, and pupils with SEND or disadvantaged backgrounds are identified quickly, supported effectively and make progress from their starting points. Pupils behave well, attendance is in line with national averages, and personal development is a notable strength, with a wide range of clubs, trips, careers events and community activities. Early years provision is strong, particularly in language development, phonics and support for children with SEND. Leadership is well regarded, staff receive high-quality training and feel valued, and parents are positive about the school. The main areas for development are in writing and spelling, where teaching should more consistently take account of pupils' starting points, contexts, needs and stage, and in key stage 2, where pupils need to develop the skills to complete independent work successfully across all subjects. Leaders are also focused on increasing the proportion of pupils working at higher standards. Published results are broadly in line with national averages overall, though reading and writing have been below national averages in some recent years, and the disadvantage gap remains a focus, particularly in writing and reading.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils feel safe and well cared for.
• Inclusion is a major strength, with pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils identified quickly and supported effectively.
• Pupils with SEND, including those in the specially resourced provision, make rapid progress from their starting points.
• Personal development and wellbeing provision is impressive and carefully planned for all pupils.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, trips, careers events and community activities.
• Pupils behave well, are kind and considerate, and trust staff to resolve any bullying concerns.
• Attendance is in line with the national average, including for pupils with SEND and vulnerable pupils.
• The curriculum is ambitious and prioritises reading, writing and mathematics.
• Early years provision is strong, with high-quality interactions, effective phonics and supportive SEND provision.
• Leaders know the school well, make carefully considered decisions and provide high-quality staff training.
• Staff feel valued, supported and proud to work at the school.
• Governors and leaders are united in ensuring social disadvantage is not a barrier to success.
• Parents are complimentary and trust the school's approachable staff.
• Pupils achieve broadly in line with national averages, with mathematics outcomes a notable strength.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching of writing and spelling does not consistently take pupils' starting points, contexts, needs and stage into account.
• Pupils in key stage 2 are sometimes over-reliant on teacher support and struggle to complete high-quality independent work across subjects.
• The proportion of pupils working at higher standards needs to increase.
• Published reading and writing outcomes have been below national averages in some recent years.
• The disadvantage gap remains, particularly in writing and reading.

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 All Saints CofE Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.5% 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, 2.3% of pupils at All Saints CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 All Saints CofE Primary School had 22.1 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, 14.0% of pupils at All Saints CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 All Saints CofE Primary School received £7,410 and spent £7,585 for each of its 264 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £130,000 (£492 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 All Saints CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for All Saints CofE Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was All Saints CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

All Saints CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does All Saints CofE Primary School have?

All Saints CofE Primary School has 285 pupils on roll.

What age range does All Saints CofE Primary School cover?

All Saints CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are All Saints CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is All Saints CofE Primary School?

All Saints CofE Primary School is at Devon Street, Farnworth, Devon Street, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, BL4 7PY.