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Primary · BL1 · Bolton

Johnson Fold Community Primary School

Worston Avenue, Johnson Fold, Bolton, BL1 5UG

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Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance94.4%
Attainment35% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils208

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Dec 2024): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management and early years good; personal development outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BL1. Where we have them, council (Bolton) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
208
Free school meals
51.9%
20.5% above district average (31.4%)

Also: Bolton 26.4% · England 24.7%

SEN
26.6%
3.9% above district average (22.7%)

Also: Bolton 17.3% · England 18.2%

EAL
10.9%
29.6% below district average (40.5%)
Attendance
94.4%
1.6% below district average (96%)

Also: Bolton 94.9% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
16.6%
Attainment
35% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BL1 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
278
Pupils on roll
208

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bolton page.

SEN support

SEN %
26.6%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates