SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School

SS Osmund and Andrew’s RC Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection. The school fosters a welcoming atmosphere where pupils feel safe and nurtured, contributing to their positive attitudes towards learning. The curriculum has been recently transformed to ensure broad and ambitious content, effectively addressing the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. Leaders have placed a strong emphasis on reading and personal development, with pupils benefiting from various opportunities that extend beyond the academic realm.

Strengths

• Pupils engage enthusiastically in their learning.
• The school fosters strong, kind relationships between pupils and staff.
• A broad and ambitious curriculum is accessible to all students.
• Leaders provide effective support and training for staff.
• Reading is prioritized and well-integrated into the curriculum.
• Pupils demonstrate positive behaviour and respect towards one another.
• The curriculum includes diverse opportunities for personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• A small number of subjects still require refinement in essential knowledge to aid pupil learning.
• Some teachers do not fully utilize assessment systems effectively in specific subjects.

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 SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.2% 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, 0.3% of pupils at SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. 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 SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.8% 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, 13.5% of pupils at SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School received £7,329 and spent £7,107 for each of its 355 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £445,000 (£1,252 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 SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School have?

SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School has 355 pupils on roll.

What age range does SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School cover?

SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School?

SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School is at Falkirk Drive, Bolton, Lancashire, BL2 6NW.