Rivington Foundation Primary School

Rivington Foundation Primary School is rated as good overall, reflecting a solid performance across various domains, including education quality, behaviour, attitudes, and leadership. The early years provision stands out as outstanding, demonstrating a well-structured approach to early learning. Although the school has transitioned from an outstanding rating in its previous inspection nine years ago, the current leadership has shown commitment to maintaining a positive atmosphere for learning and teacher support, benefiting both students and staff.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between home and school
• High expectations set by leaders for pupils
• Pupils achieve well, particularly in English
• Effective phonics teaching leading to strong reading skills
• Wide range of engaging extracurricular activities
• Outstanding early years curriculum fostering curiosity
• Positive behaviour and safety culture among pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Mathematics achievement needs improvement to match English
• Inconsistent modelling of spoken English by staff
• Over-prompting during reading sessions can hinder pupil independence

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 Rivington Foundation Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% 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 Rivington Foundation 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 Rivington Foundation Primary School had 21.8 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, 17.4% of pupils at Rivington Foundation Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 Rivington Foundation Primary School received £7,008 and spent £7,609 for each of its 109 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £32,000 (-£294 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 Rivington Foundation Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rivington Foundation Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Rivington Foundation Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rivington Foundation Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Rivington Foundation Primary School have?

Rivington Foundation Primary School has 109 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rivington Foundation Primary School cover?

Rivington Foundation Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rivington Foundation Primary School?

Rivington Foundation Primary School is at Horrobin Lane, Rivington, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire, BL6 7SE.