Essa Primary School

Type Primary
Age Range 4-11
Religion Unknown
Address Lever Edge Lane
Bolton
Lancashire
BL3 3HH
Phone 01204201310
Reference Number 140973

Description

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Essa Primary School, located at BL3 3HH in BOLTON, Lancashire, is a thriving primary institution that embodies local community values, striving to be a source of pride for its students, parents, and neighbors. The school, part of the Essa Foundation Academies Trust, offers a primary education experience for students aged 4 to 11. The school leadership is headed by Principal Mr. Peter Stewart since its establishment in 2014.

Essa Primary benefits from the collective spirit and hands-on involvement of its diverse student population. The school is committed to maintaining and enhancing its educational standards, incorporating effort, spirit, achievement, and educational excellence as fundamental goals. According to the latest statistics, the school reports a 36.5% percentage of children eligible for free school meals, and, as of January 2024, it has a school capacity of 420 students with 397 students enrolled.

The school does not provide a nursery education setting and does not offer a sixth form. Essa Primary School is situated in the Bolton 023 Lower Super Output Area and is not an Ofsted outstanding rated establishment, having been last inspected on October 30, 2019.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 397
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.36%
Girls: 51.64%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
1 47
2 60
3 63
4 64
5 64
6 64

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2019-12-05
Date Description Report
2019-10-29 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-06-13 Full inspection: Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 35% Upgrade Upgrade
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2% Upgrade Upgrade

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 101 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths 100 Upgrade Upgrade

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.3 Upgrade Upgrade
Writing -2.2 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths 0.1 Upgrade Upgrade

How many students meet the standards

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 27 2
Third Preference 10 1
From another Local Authority 2 2

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GCSE Attainment

Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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