Blackrod Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · BOLTON, Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.324 miles
last distance offered: “1.324 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Blackrod Primary School is a primary school in BOLTON, Bolton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Blackrod 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 | 1.324 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
- Ofsted rated the school Outstanding on 26 March 2024; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton, 6 are Good and 2 have no current grade.
- In 2024/25, 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.324 miles away, further from the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2022.
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 40 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
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
- Manchester Road, Blackrod, Manchester Road,, Blackrod, BOLTON, BL6 5SY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 311 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils consider themselves lucky to attend this school.”
- “They enjoy learning and enthusiastically embrace the wider opportunities that the school provides, such as learning photography or British Sign Language.”
- “Pupils blossom into confident and knowledgeable individuals who are prepared exceptionally well to take their place in modern society.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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) | 78% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 40 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.
- Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chorley New Road Primary Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beacon Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Horwich Parish CofE Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Claypool Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Gates Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published