Highfield Primary School, Bolton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Highfield Primary School excels at making every pupil feel valued and supported. The school goes well beyond the classroom to help families and remove barriers to learning, which makes a real difference to children's wellbeing and readiness to learn. Teaching in mathematics and early reading is particularly strong, helping pupils achieve above national averages.
Key Strengths
- Strong personal development and wellbeing programme with pupils learning about complex issues like healthy relationships and mental health
- Mathematics teaching is particularly effective with pupils attaining above national average in Year 6 tests
- Excellent behaviour and respect throughout school with bullying being very rare
- Early years staff are experts in teaching phonics and letter formation, helping children become confident readers and writers quickly
- Inclusive approach with strong support for pupils with additional needs and those facing challenges in their lives
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching of writing could be more effective - sometimes the way staff help pupils turn their ideas into accurate writing is not as strong as it could be
- Some pupils lack opportunities to apply new learning more fully across the curriculum
- Targets for pupils with special educational needs are not always precise enough to guide staff support effectively
- Attendance remains below national averages, though it is improving with leaders' support
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Mental health leader roles, school council, mini-police roles, clubs and activities, visits to castles and historic mills
Highfield Primary School is a well-led school where pupils achieve above national averages in mathematics and benefit from a rich personal development programme that runs through all aspects of school life. The school has created a caring culture where every pupil is valued and supported to flourish.
At a Glance
25.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 80%. Maths has remained stable at around 88%. Writing has declined from 78% to 73%.
Class Sizes
27.8
Avg class size
29.7
Infant (KS1)
26.6
KS2
15
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
412 pupils
420 capacity
8 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Bolton
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Bolton
Admissions Demand - Bolton
Places available
4,105
Applications
3,501
Got 1st preference
89.7%
Got preferred school
97.6%
Primary admissions across Bolton (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.40081%
Overall absence
20.98093%
Persistent absence
367
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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