St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton 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
- For Reception in 2026, every applicant was offered a place: 17 first-choice applications for 18 offers, with 1 offer going to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
- In 2024/25, 13% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
- The school has 18.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 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
- Shepherd Cross Street, Halliwell, Bolton, BL1 3EJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and settle well at this inviting and caring school.”
- “They enjoy seeing their friends and teachers each day.”
- “Pupils understand the importance of attending school regularly so that they can learn and prepare for their future lives.”
To improve
- “However, from time to time, staff’s explanations of new concepts and ideas are not clear, and they do not check pupils’ understanding of new learning carefully enough.”
- “This means that some pupils develop misunderstandings and make some mistakes that are not corrected.”
- “Nonetheless, at times, some pupils at an earlier stage of learning to read do not receive consistently effective support.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 December 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) | 61% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 17 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.
- Oxford Grove Primary School 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brownlow Fold Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Olive School, Bolton 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Gaskell Community Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Church Road Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury RC School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published