St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School
Limefield Road, Smithills, Bolton, BL1 6LA
Headteacher: Mr Matthew HardingSchool website ↗Pupils: 215 (capacity: 218)Part of FORWARD AS ONE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted pending
No inspection on record
Oversubscribed
86% of first-choice applicants offered a place
59%
Reading, Writing & Maths
86%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed
Latest data: 2024/25
SATs Results (2024/25)
End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.
Reading, Writing & Maths combinedⓘReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
59.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)ⓘHigher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
16.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 69%·Writing 63%·Maths 69%→All three 59%
Reading
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25%
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75%
100%
Writing
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average
How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)
This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
- How many places were offered?
- 30
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 35
- How many got their first choice?
- 30of 35 (85.7%)
- How many applied in total?
- 67
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
16.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
13.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
13.0%
Boys and girls
45%girls·55%boys
97 girls, 118 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
↓ Peaked at 81% (2017/18), currently 59%
* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.
View raw year-by-year data
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 67.0% | 3.0% | +0.5 | -1.6 | +0.4 |
| 2016/17 | 74.0% | 3.0% | -1.2 | -0.2 | -0.8 |
| 2017/18 | 81.0% | 15.0% | +0.8 | +0.3 | -0.4 |
| 2018/19 | 72.0% | 13.0% | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.0 |
| 2022/23 | 63.0% | 22.0% | +1.3 | +1.4 | +1.5 |
| 2023/24 | 72.0% | 19.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 59.0% | 16.0% | - | - | - |