Spindle Point Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Spindle Point Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (community school). Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Spindle Point 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 | Not published |
| 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 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- Of the 49 applications for Reception 2026, 7 (14%) came from families living outside Bolton, and 3 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility is 10.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 28.7% 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
- Moss Lane, Kearsley, Bolton, BL4 8SE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 238 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 31 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils value their time at Spindle Point Primary School.”
- “They take pride in their learning.”
- “Pupils acquire knowledge and skills across a wide-ranging and ambitious curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, some disadvantaged pupils do not develop the detailed, connected knowledge that they need.”
- “However, some activities do not consistently connect new knowledge to what pupils have learned previously.”
- “Some pupils do not build on what they already know as securely as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 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) | 74% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Stephen's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Saviour CofE Primary School, Ringley 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Prestolee Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kearsley West Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John Church of England Primary School, Farnworth 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.5 mi Good
- Mytham Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published