The Gates Primary School

The Gates Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in June 2018. The school has cultivated a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe, happy, and motivated to learn, which has been positively impacted by strong relationships with staff. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, effectively engaging pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and supporting their academic achievement and personal growth through various extracurricular opportunities.

Strengths

• Strong relationships foster a caring community.
• High expectations for academic achievement and behavior.
• Ambitious and engaging curriculum tailored to meet pupils' needs.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND to access the curriculum.
• Positive attitudes towards learning with rare occurrences of disruption.
• Encouragement of diverse reading and promotion of literacy.
• Dedicated opportunities for pupils to develop leadership and responsibility.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment strategies in some subjects are not used effectively enough to address gaps in learning.

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 The Gates Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at The Gates 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 The Gates Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.5% 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, 15.2% of pupils at The Gates Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 The Gates Primary School received £6,758 and spent £6,680 for each of its 287 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £85,000 (£296 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 The Gates Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Gates Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was The Gates Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Gates Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does The Gates Primary School have?

The Gates Primary School has 290 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Gates Primary School cover?

The Gates Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Gates Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Gates Primary School?

The Gates Primary School is at Bristle Hall Way, Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire, BL5 3QA.