Heathfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.221 miles
last distance offered: “0.221 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Heathfield Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 2–11 (community school). Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Heathfield 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 | 0.221 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
- 25.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 37.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 0.221 miles, 2nd shortest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.95 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Henniker Road, Heathfield Primary School, Bolton, BL3 3TP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 270 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish within this caring, friendly community.”
- “They love learning and value the many opportunities they receive to explore each subject.”
- “Staff skilfully adjust activities to reduce barriers to learning for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.”
To improve
- “Leaders and those with responsibility for governance should sustain the effectiveness of their work in all areas, including the delivery of the curriculum, so that pupils' learning, including for children in the early years, continues to deepen further.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 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) | 75% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Bede Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Essa Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brandwood Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haslam Park Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published