St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill 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, but places ran out in 2023, the earlier year with a published outcome, and a last distance was published.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2026 Reception entry had 40 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 10.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 16.2% 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
- Hindley Road, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2JU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Everyone is made to feel welcome at this school.”
- “Pupils know that they are looked after by kind adults who know them well.”
- “This helps pupils to feel happy and safe in the school community.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not use assessment methods well enough to identify some of the gaps in pupils’ subject knowledge.”
- “Occasionally, this means that teachers do not know what subject content pupils need to revisit and practise before moving on to new learning.”
- “At times, this hinders some aspects of pupils’ achievement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 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) | 65% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 50 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.
- Eatock Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodland Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Gates Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published