Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Good Oct 15 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Unique reference
- 105245
- Address
- Beech Avenue, Farnworth, BL4 0BP
- Website
- www.ourlady.bolton.sch.uk/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 230 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.5%
- Girls
- 46.5%
- First language not English
- 32.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 21.3%
- Persistent absence
- 7.6%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 11.7%
White British 34.8%
African 20%
Pakistani 13%
Other White 9.1%
Indian 7.4%
Other Black 5.2%
Other Asian 3.9%
Mixed 3%
Other 1.7%
Unclassified 1.3%
Chinese 0.4%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAbove average3.1
WritingWell above average4.6
MathsAbove average2.9
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 81%
Local authority average 62%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 16%
Local authority average 10%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 108
Local authority average 105
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 108
Local authority average 105
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 29
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 25
- 2nd preference
- 18
- 3rd preference
- 17
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 25
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 28.8 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 28.7 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 31 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 11 9 2 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 9 5 4 |
| Reception, Full-time | 29 13 16 |
| Year 1 | 30 22 8 |
| Year 2 | 27 16 11 |
| Year 3 | 30 11 19 |
| Year 4 | 31 17 14 |
| Year 5 | 32 15 17 |
| Year 6 | 31 15 16 |