Essa Primary Academy
Primary schoolEssa Primary Academy is a primary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 387 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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, 66% of pupils at Essa Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
3% 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 | 66% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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- Essa AcademySecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 48.9 (2025/26, provisional)50 m
- Thomasson Memorial SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, March 202460 m
- Raise Education and Wellbeing SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file330 m
- St Bede AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)430 m
- King's Leadership Academy BoltonSecondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional)470 m
- Lever Edge Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
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).