The Oaks Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.698 miles
last distance offered: “0.698 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Oaks Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
The Oaks 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 | 0.698 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
- 7.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.698 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance; it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 21 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% 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
- Sharples Hall Drive, Bolton, BL1 7HS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 218 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, along with the rest of the school community, described The Oaks as a place that ‘feels like a family’.”
- “This sentiment shows how well cared for pupils are.”
- “It also reflects how well pupils get along with each other.”
To improve
- “In a small minority of subjects, the school has not been as clear about its expectations for how subject content should be delivered.”
- “In these few subjects, pupils are not taught some of the crucial content that is outlined in the school’s curriculum design.”
- “As a result, pupils’ knowledge in these few subjects is not as strong as it is in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 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) | 79% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 21 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.
- Sharples Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- High Lawn Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eagley Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eagley Junior School 0.8 mi Not judged
- St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Columba's RC Primary School 0.9 mi Good