Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Holy Infant and St Anthony RC 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 38.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 21.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 31 of the 88 other Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome; in 2023 places ran out.
- For Reception 2026 there were 20 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 90 Bolton primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 52% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Mitre Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6QJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to their school.”
- “They form positive and nurturing relationships with staff and with their classmates.”
- “Pupils know that staff will support them if they have any worries or concerns.”
To improve
- “However, some of these improvements are not consistently embedded across the school.”
- “Over time, pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “Some have gaps in their knowledge across a range of subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 February 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) | 52% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 20 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.
- St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- High Lawn Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Oaks Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sharples Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Valley Community Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Olive School, Bolton 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brownlow Fold Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published