Ladybridge Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Ladybridge Community Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 5–11 (community school). Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Ladybridge Community 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
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as was the case at 31 of the 88 other Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry, there were 37 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 18.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28% 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
- Broadford Road, Deane, Bolton, BL3 4NB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 359 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 31 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are immensely proud to be members of this inclusive school community.”
- “They are keen to learn and take great care with their work.”
- “Pupils consistently maintain focus in lessons.”
To improve
- “In recent years, the school has faced challenges in ensuring that pupils attend as regularly as they should.”
- “Leaders recognise that this improvement needs to be sustained over time to secure consistently high attendance.”
- “However, at times, the targets and linked support strategies for pupils with SEND are broad.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2026 (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) | 69% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 37 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 Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beaumont Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Haslam Park Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lostock Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Devonshire Road Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Markland Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published