Pilkington Street, Bolton, Lancashire BL3 6HP
10 reasons to choose St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, Bolton
Top line
St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, Bolton has a Schoolsmith Score® of 68. It is one of the best state primary schools in Bolton and one of the 6 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, Bolton is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 18 members of St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2012) inspection. Reception places are sometimes oversubscribed, on first preference.
Average class size
St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, Bolton has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, Bolton ranks in the top 37% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 3% of schools.
The St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, Bolton curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. Subjects are taught separately and co-ordinated by topic, with cross-curricular linking when appropriate. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, Bolton
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, Bolton
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.55am to 3.00pm though after school clubs may extend the day.
Find another school near St Peter and St Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, Bolton
Bolton School Junior Boys’ (1 mile); Bolton School Junior Girls’ (1 mile).
Beaumont Primary School, Ladybridge (1.9 miles); St Brendan’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Harwood, Bolton (3 miles); St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Westhoughton (3.2 miles).
Bolton School (1 mile); Bury Grammar School (6.5 miles).
Bolton Muslim Girls School (0.8 miles); St James’s Church of England High School (2.3 miles); Canon Slade CofE School (3.4 miles).