Church Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Church Road Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 19 March 2025. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Church Road Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 59 first-choice applications for 59 offers: 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked 4th highest.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bolton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Captains Clough Road, Bolton, BL1 5RU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 19 March 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s aim ‘to create a respectful environment in which pupils feel confident to learn’ is lived out.”
- “Pupils understand and embody difference within their school.”
- “They show this through their kindness towards each other in their classrooms and at playtimes.”
To improve
- “However, some disadvantaged pupils and some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), struggle to develop their knowledge and skills.”
- “Some staff do not have the expertise to adapt the delivery of the curriculum to meet the needs of some of these pupils.”
- “This means that they are not able to succeed as well as their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 62% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 59 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bolton.
- St Thomas of Canterbury RC School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Johnson Fold Community Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oxford Grove Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Devonshire Road Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Markland Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published