The Ferns Primary Academy
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bolton · BL4 0DA · Bolton
Ages 3–11
- KS275%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM32.0%
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 133925
Queensbridge Primary School
Community school · Bolton · BL4 7BL
Ages 3–11 · 246 pupils · Bolton
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
43%
Overall absence
6.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-07-18
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)43%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.5%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 4.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 190
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill117%
246 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 246
- Boys / girls
- 136 / 110
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 246 / 210 (117%)
- Free school meals
- 39.4%
- FSM pupils
- 89
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Chapman
Location
- Address
- St Germain Street, Farnworth
- Postcode
- BL4 7BL
- Town
- Bolton
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Bolton
- District
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Resourced provision
- SEN unit
- SEN unit places
- 16 on roll / 16 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bolton, Bolton, 246 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 39.4%. SEN provision includes: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Bolton · BL4 9QB · Bolton
Ages 2–11
- KS257%
- Absence7.7%
- FSM43.1%
0.3 miles away
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
Bolton · BL4 9JT · Bolton
Ages 4–11
- KS267%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM28.7%
0.5 miles away
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Bolton · BL4 0BP · Bolton
Ages 3–11
- KS274%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM18.8%
0.6 miles away
Highfield Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Bolton · BL4 0AP · Bolton
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM25.0%
0.6 miles away
All Saints CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
Bolton · BL4 7PY · Bolton
Ages 2–11
- KS256%
- Absence7.5%
- FSM29.8%
0.6 miles away
Academy sponsor led · Primary
Bolton · BL4 8AJ · Bolton
Ages 4–11
- KS281%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM35.9%
0.7 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Bolton · BL4 8AP · Bolton
Ages 5–11
- FSM37.0%
0.7 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Chapman
- Telephone
- 01204332577