# St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great Lever

St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great Lever is a primary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 487 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E105214. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 487
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 105214

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, 3 July 2024
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, 59% of pupils at St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great Lever met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
16% 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 | 59% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 16% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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.

- [Lake House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lake-house-school-e152625): 660 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Birtenshaw College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birtenshaw-college-e142913): 810 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Lord's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lords-school-e105269): 910 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ss-simon-and-jude-cofe-primary-school-bolton-e138957): 980 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mount-st-joseph-rc-high-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151356): 1.1 km. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), October 2023, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 41.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [All Saints CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-cofe-primary-school-e105238): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/105214)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105214)

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