Devonshire Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Devonshire Road Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 October 2022. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Devonshire 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last distance offered for Reception has swung sharply between years, most of all from 2022 to 2023; none was published for 2026.
- For Reception 2026 there were 51 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 48 went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Devonshire Road, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 4ND
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and their parents and carers who spoke with inspectors were complimentary about the school.”
- “They told inspectors that everyone is made to feel welcome.”
- “Pupils benefit from a wide range of high-quality experiences to enhance their personal development.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers are less clear about how to build on what pupils already know.”
- “This is also the case in some areas of learning in the early years.”
- “As a result, some children and pupils do not learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 2022 (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) | 68% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 48 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 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gilnow Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oxford Grove Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Church Road Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Markland Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pikes Lane Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haslam Park Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published