# St Columba's RC Primary School

St Columba's RC Primary School is a primary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 235 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E105220. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 235
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 105220

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), April 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 10 April 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 69% of pupils at St Columba's RC Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
7% 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 | 69% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Canon Slade School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/canon-slade-school-e144044): 190 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 54.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Castle Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castle-hill-primary-school-e105150): 700 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sharples Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sharples-primary-school-e105162): 980 m. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Maxentius CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-maxentius-cofe-primary-school-e146141): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Birtenshaw School Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birtenshaw-school-bolton-e105280): 1.1 km. Special. School remains Good, November 2022
- [Sharples School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sharples-school-e142232): 1.2 km. Secondary. Improved significantly, January 2025. Attainment 8 of 56.5 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/105220)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105220)

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