St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St William of York Roman Catholic 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 | Not published |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 23.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
- 30.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 27.3% 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
- Nugent Road, Bolton, BL3 3DE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school receive a wonderful and happy learning experience.”
- “There are high expectations of what they can achieve.”
- “Pupils respond every day by working with high levels of focus.”
To improve
- “In some instances, pupils and families find attendance more challenging.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (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) | 84% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bolton.
- Lever Edge Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Clarendon Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sunning Hill Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Essa Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged
- The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published