Tonge Moor Primary Academy

Tonge Moor Primary Academy has demonstrated a good overall performance during its first inspection since converting to an academy. The school fosters a positive learning environment where pupils express pride and happiness in attending. Strong leadership has established high expectations for behaviour and learning, resulting in improved academic outcomes across various subjects, including for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, there are areas that require attention, particularly in ensuring consistent curriculum delivery and aligning reading materials with pupils' phonetic knowledge.

Strengths

• Pupils feel proud and happy to attend the school.
• Leaders have high expectations for pupil behaviour and learning.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Parental involvement in fundraising for the community is encouraged.
• Teachers exhibit secure subject knowledge and design effective learning activities.
• Strong emphasis on reading and early phonics education.
• High staff morale and strong teamwork among leadership and staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum leaders do not check the delivery of the curriculum with sufficient depth in some subjects.
• Some reading materials are not aligned closely enough with pupils' phonetic knowledge.

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 Tonge Moor Primary Academy attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Tonge Moor Primary Academy 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 Tonge Moor Primary Academy had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.1% 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, 13.3% of pupils at Tonge Moor Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Tonge Moor Primary Academy received £6,467 and spent £7,296 for each of its 426 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £297,000 (£697 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of The Quill C of E Trust, income was £6,488 and spending £7,042 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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Tonge Moor Primary Academy is part of The Quill C of E Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• St Bede Academy Bolton
• Woodland Primary Academy Bolton

What is Tonge Moor Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tonge Moor Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Tonge Moor Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Tonge Moor Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Tonge Moor Primary Academy have?

Tonge Moor Primary Academy has 472 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tonge Moor Primary Academy cover?

Tonge Moor Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Tonge Moor Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tonge Moor Primary Academy?

Tonge Moor Primary Academy is at Brierwood, Bolton, BL2 2PF.