Sunning Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.477 miles
last distance offered: “0.477 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sunning Hill Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 22 October 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Sunning Hill 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 | 0.477 mi |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.477 miles away, 11th shortest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.95 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 68 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 18.1% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
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
- Goldsmith Street, Bolton, BL3 6TR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 526 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 22 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy at this nurturing school.”
- “They are very proud of their respective religions and traditions, while understanding and valuing those which are different from their own.”
- “Pupils have a strong grasp of fundamental British values and explain well their relevance within and beyond school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, they do not revisit previous learning frequently enough.”
- “As a result, some pupils cannot remember aspects of essential knowledge which they need before starting a new topic.”
- “In 2024, there was a slight decline in pupils’ achievement in reading at key stage 2.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2024 (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) | 74% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brandwood Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Clarendon Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pikes Lane Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haslam Park Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published