Eagley Junior School

Eagley Junior School is a junior academy in Bolton and part of a single academy trust. Following its March 2025 graded inspection, inspectors found the school performing well across quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, with effective safeguarding. The headteacher took up post in April 2024, and this was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic; under current arrangements, no overall effectiveness grade was given.

Strengths

• High ambition for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Pupils build resilience and become increasingly independent
• Pupils behave well, are attentive in lessons and show good manners
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff help pupils feel happy and safe
• The curriculum is well sequenced and taught effectively in most subjects
• Pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics
• Effective SEND identification and well-chosen resources help pupils access the curriculum
• Parents value the support provided for pupils with SEND
• Phonics teaching is consistent and reading books are well matched to pupils' needs
• Attendance is strong, with effective systems to address concerns
• Personal development is broad, including online safety, healthy relationships and community work
• A range of clubs develops pupils' talents and interests, including disadvantaged pupils
• Trustees support and challenge the school well and carry out statutory duties effectively
• Staff are proud to work at the school and feel supported with workload and well-being
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a very small number of foundation subjects, teachers do not cover some curriculum content in sufficient detail, including subject-specific vocabulary
• Pupils have gaps in their knowledge in these subjects as a result
• Teachers in these subjects need training to deliver the curriculum as intended

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 Eagley Junior School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.1% 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 Eagley Junior 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 Eagley Junior School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 9.8% of pupils at Eagley Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 2024–25 Eagley Junior School received £5,650 and spent £5,553 for each of its 237 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £350,000 (£1,477 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Eagley Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eagley Junior School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Eagley Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eagley Junior School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Eagley Junior School have?

Eagley Junior School has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eagley Junior School cover?

Eagley Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Eagley Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eagley Junior School?

Eagley Junior School is at Off Chapeltown Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire, BL7 9AT.