St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth
About the school
St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth is an open primary school in Bolton.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 15 October 2024
- Published
- 13 November 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 67%
- Bolton
- 64%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 8%
- Bolton
- 10%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Bolton
- 75%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Bolton
- 74%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 77%
- Bolton
- 77%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 81%
- Bolton
- 76%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 38%
- Bolton
- 34%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 90%
- Bolton
- 83%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Bolton
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Bolton
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Bolton
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
359
Girls
48.75%
Boys
51.25%
SEN support
13.93%
Education, health and care plan
5.01%
English as an additional language
26.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
52.90%
Overall absence
7.48
Persistent absence
21.45