St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever Bridge
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.953 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever Bridge is a primary school in Bolton for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever Bridge 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 | 0.953 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.953 miles away, the 18th longest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception outcomes were published for 2024 and 2026, and the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 22 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 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
- Radcliffe Road, Bolton, BL2 1NZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel valued at this school regardless of their differences.”
- “They appreciate the importance of treating everyone with respect and care.”
- “Pupils benefit from the positive relationships that they enjoy with each other and with staff.”
To improve
- “In one or two subjects, the knowledge that pupils should learn is not as obvious to teachers as it is in most other subjects.”
- “As a result, some staff are unclear about what subject content they should teach or when this should be taught.”
- “This hinders pupils from building up their knowledge securely over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 22 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.
- Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great Lever 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Leverhulme Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moorgate Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Tonge Moor Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published