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Primary school

Tonge Moor Primary Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 2–11
  • Mixed
  • Bolton
  • BL2 2PF
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 13,340 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 89%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 99%99%2016/17: top 82%2017/18: top 97%2018/19: top 86%2022/23: top 47%47% · 2022/232023/24: top 83%2024/25: top 89%No exams

Against North WestArrows: North West rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM44% · North West 63%1/10 Well below North West
Higher standard, RWM3% · North West 6%3/10 Below+18.5 pts
Reading score102 · North West 1051/10 Well below North West
Maths score101 · North West 1051/10 Well below North West
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 14% · 28 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 48% · 31 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 34% · 59 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 50% · 54 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 63% · 51 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 47% · 60 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 44% · 61 pupils · North West 63%63%14%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 28 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 0% · 31 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 0% · 59 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 2% · 54 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 4% · 51 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 2% · 60 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 3% · 61 pupils · North West 6%4%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 96 · 28 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 105 · 31 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 99 · 59 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 100 · 54 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 103 · 51 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 101 · 60 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 102 · 61 pupils · North West 10510596No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 95 · 28 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 102 · 31 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 99 · 59 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 100 · 54 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 102 · 51 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 103 · 60 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 101 · 61 pupils · North West 10510395No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in92.5%
49 of 53 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 92.5%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st5349
2nd389
3rd171

Last distance offered: London only

0.1 km from Tonge · approx.: from the area's centre, not your door

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2013Goodas predecessor
  5. 2017Inadequateas predecessor
  6. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026472
Free school meals (past 6 years)55.8%
First language not English23.9%
SEN support12.4%
EHC plan2.9%
Absence (sessions missed)6.6%
Persistently absent pupils17.4%

Girls 49.8%Boys 50.2%

112.4% full · 420 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.7
Pupils per adult7.8
  • Classroom teachers 14.2
  • Leadership 6
  • Teaching assistants 32.9
  • Other support 9.9

Teachers 20.2 FTE · Whole workforce 63 · 69 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,467
Spend per pupil£7,296
Staff spend per pupil£6,009
Reserve per pupil£697
  • +£297,000revenue reserve
  • −£353,000in-year balance

Grants £7,347 · self-generated £96 · premises £347 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE QUILL C OF E TRUST (3 academies) · trust reserve £2,203,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it