Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School

Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School is performing well overall, receiving a 'Good' grade across various domains. The school creates a welcoming atmosphere where pupils feel safe and valued, contributing to a positive learning environment. Leaders maintain high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs, leading to commendable achievement levels. The curriculum is ambitious, allowing children to make connections across subjects, and early years pupils are particularly well supported in their transition into school life.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe at school.
• Leaders have high expectations for all pupils.
• Pupils behave very well and show respect towards each other and adults.
• The ambitious curriculum helps pupils achieve well.
• Effective support is provided for pupils with SEND.
• Parents and carers express high satisfaction with the support their children receive.
• Staff feel valued and appreciated for their contributions.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum organization from early years to Year 6 is not thoughtfully considered in a few 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 Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.6% 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, 2.3% of pupils at Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School had 26.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.5% 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, 17.1% of pupils at Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School received £7,060 and spent £6,563 for each of its 473 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £894,000 (£1,889 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Archbishop Temple Church of England Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,406 and spending £6,397 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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All schools in Bolton · Bolton local authority: places and applications

Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School is part of Archbishop Temple Church of England Multi Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School Bolton
• St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth Bolton
• St John Church of England Primary School, Farnworth Bolton
• St Maxentius CofE Primary School Bolton

What is Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School have?

Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School has 484 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School cover?

Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School?

Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School is at Rupert Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 6PY.