St Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · 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 Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton is a primary school in Bolton for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2022. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Bernard's RC Primary School, 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as also happened at 31 of the 88 other Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2026 Reception entry had 19 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 14.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.6% 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
- Wendover Drive, Ladybridge, Bolton, BL3 4RX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this kind, caring school.”
- “Every morning teachers greet pupils, parents and carers with a smile.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and look forward to what they are going to learn.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders have not ensured that the essential knowledge that pupils must learn has been made clear enough to teachers.”
- “This means that some pupils do not build their learning effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 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) | 72% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 19 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.
- Beaumont Primary School 0.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ladybridge Community Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Lostock Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haslam Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Markland Hill Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heathfield Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published