Gilnow Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gilnow Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2022. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Gilnow 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 32 of the 88 other Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 23 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 12th lowest of 90 Bolton primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 18.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Gilnow Gardens, Bolton, BL1 4LG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enter this calm, nurturing school ready to learn.”
- “They are polite and show respect for others.”
- “Generally, pupils attend school every day.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case in writing.”
- “Some pupils in key stage 2 have gaps in their writing knowledge.”
- “This limits them from writing fluently across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 53% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 18 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.
- Pikes Lane Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haslam Park Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Devonshire Road Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sunning Hill Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brandwood Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gaskell Community Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published