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Atherton St George’s Church of England Primary School

Derby Street, Atherton, Manchester M46 0HJ

Atherton St George's Church of England Primary School

10 reasons to choose Atherton St George's Church of England Primary School

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Atherton St George’s Church of England Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 68. It is one of the best state primary schools in Manchester and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.

School fundamentals

Atherton St George’s Church of England Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Church of England academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 3 members of The Wings’ CE Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.

Average class size

Atherton St George’s Church of England Primary School has nine classes from Reception, some mixed-age, and an average class size of 29 pupils.

Exam results

Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Atherton St George’s Church of England Primary School achieves varied attainment scores, from the top 10% nationally to below the national average. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 12% of schools.

The Atherton St George's Church of England Primary School curriculum

School curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. Most subjects are taught separately. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.

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 Atherton St George's Church of England Primary School

School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at Atherton St George's Church of England Primary School

Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There may be some occasional extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Out of school hours care from 8.00am.

Find another school near Atherton St George's Church of England Primary School

Independent Prep Schools

Clevelands Preparatory School (3.6 miles); Bolton School Junior Boys’ (3.9 miles); Bolton School Junior Girls’ (3.9 miles).

State Primary Schools

St Philip’s Church of England Primary School, Atherton (0.6 miles); St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Westhoughton (1.5 miles); St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School, Westhoughton (1.8 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Bolton School Boys’ Division (6.1 miles); Bolton School Boys’ Division (6.1 miles); Bridgewater School (6.6 miles).

State Senior Schools

Fred Longworth High School (1.7 miles); Bolton Muslim Girls School (4.4 miles); St Joseph’s RC High School and Sports College (5.7 miles).

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