Washacre Primary School
Clough Avenue, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2NJ
This school is closed (it closed in September 2024).
It was replaced by Washacre Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr C Howarth
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 166
- URN
- 105199
- Local authority
- Bolton
About this school
Washacre Primary School was a community primary school in Bolton. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 166 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Washacre Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 25 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 60% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 76% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 76% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 88% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Washacre Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bolton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 63.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 63.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 159 |
| 2023/24 | 166 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Washacre Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40% | 9.3% | 39.2% | 166 | — |
| Washacre Primary Academy | — | 7.7% | 44.1% | 170 | 0.0 miles |
| Eatock Primary School | 70% | 4.9% | 20.2% | 238 | 0.4 miles |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School | 63% | 3.9% | 12.7% | 210 | 0.5 miles |
| St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill | 65% | 5.1% | 10.8% | 445 | 0.6 miles |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School | 74% | 4.5% | 8.9% | 417 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.2%
- English as an additional language
- 19.3%
- Overall absence
- 9.3%
- Persistent absence
- 27.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Washacre Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Bolton
-
Eatock Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bolton
-
St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bolton
-
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill0.6 miles
Primary · Bolton
-
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bolton
Other schools in Bolton
- All Saints CofE Primary School Primary
- Beacon Primary School Primary
- Beaumont Primary School Primary
- Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School Primary
- Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School Primary
- Blackrod Primary School Primary
- Blackshaw Primary School Primary
- Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bowness Primary School Primary
- Brandwood Primary School Primary
- Brownlow Fold Primary School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Washacre Primary School teach?
- Washacre Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Bolton.
- Has Washacre Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Washacre Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Washacre Primary School?
- Washacre Primary School had 166 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Washacre Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Washacre Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Washacre Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 September 2024.