Hardy Mill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.794 miles
last distance offered: “5.794 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hardy Mill Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 27 November 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Hardy Mill 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 | 5.794 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 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 5.794 miles away, the longest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance, further than in 2024 and in 2022, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 42 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Hardy Mill Road, Harwood, Bolton, BL2 4EF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 316 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 27 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils settle in quickly at this friendly and nurturing school.”
- “They develop a strong sense of belonging as soon as they start in the early years.”
- “Pupils are happy and they enjoy attending.”
To improve
- “However, on occasions, teachers do not explain new learning sufficiently well.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not develop a secure understanding of new vocabulary and concepts.”
- “In addition, the checks that staff make on pupils’ learning are not consistent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2025 (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: 41 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 41 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 Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, Bolton 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harwood Meadows Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Maxentius CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Red Lane Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Columba's RC Primary School 1.1 mi Good
- Castle Hill Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Tonge Moor Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorgate Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published