St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane is a primary school in Bolton for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 1 February 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane 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 |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, with 44 first-choice applications for 55 offers.
- In 2024/25, 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
- The school has 26.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.3 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
- Edale Road, Deane, St Mary's CE Primary School, Bolton, BL3 4QP
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 448 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 1 February 2024
Strengths
- “The quality of education that this school provides is exemplary.”
- “Pupils, including children in the provision for two-year-olds, blossom socially and academically at this warm and nurturing school.”
- “A very warm welcome awaits all pupils who attend, including the high number of pupils who join the school in different year groups or part way through the year.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 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) | 66% | 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, 55 offers in total, 44 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.
- Ladybridge Community Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beaumont Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haslam Park Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brandwood Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Heathfield Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bede Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published