Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.474 miles
last distance offered: “1.474 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School 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 26 January 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Blackrod Anglican/Methodist 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 | 1.474 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.474 miles, 8th longest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 0.95 miles.
- The Reception last distance moved nearer the school in 2026 than in 2025 or 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Vicarage Road West, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5DE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England/Methodist
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 260 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, are eager to attend school.”
- “They come through the school gates smiling at the start of the school day.”
- “Warm relationships between pupils and staff permeate the school.”
To improve
- “Despite these strengths, sometimes teachers do not identify and address misconceptions as well as they should before moving the learning on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 2023 (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) | 56% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 27 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 Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Catherine's CofE Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beacon Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Horwich Parish CofE Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chorley New Road Primary Academy 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Claypool Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Gates Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published