Bowness Primary School
Primary schoolBowness Primary School is a primary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 129 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, July 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 6 July 2023
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 86% of pupils at Bowness Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
14% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 86% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Little Lever SchoolSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.8 (2025/26, provisional)70 m
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), October 2021, before the school changed350 m
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little LeverPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Mytham Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Lake House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.2 km
- Masefield Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bolton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).