Essa Primary School, Bolton | The Schools Guide

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Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Essa Primary School

Lever Edge Lane, Bolton BL3 3HH

http://www.essaprimary.org/

Essa Primary School is a free school. It has about 400 boys and girls aged between 4 and 11. In October 2019 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Disadvantaged pupils, Admissions, Attendance and Progress. Relative weaknesses include Attainment, Environment, Finances and Representation.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.3		St Bede Academy
0.4		Lever Edge Primary Academy
0.6		The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton
0.6		Heathfield Primary School
0.7		St William of York Catholic Primary School
0.7		Brandwood Primary School
0.7		Sunning Hill Primary School
0.9		Cherry Tree Primary School
0.9		St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
0.9		Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School
0.9		Clarendon Primary School
1.1		Haslam Park Primary School

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Disadvantaged pupils: Above average. Progress in maths is excellent. Progress in reading is excellent. Progress in writing is about average.

Admissions: Above average. The occupancy rate is roughly average and the offer rate is very high.

Attendance: Above average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite low.

Progress: Above average. Progress in maths is above average, in reading it is above average and in writing it is below average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is in balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Finances: Below average. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance

Environment: Poor. Air pollution and traffic accidents are quite high, while crime is very high.

Attainment: Poor. Maths, reading and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) attainment are all poor. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

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