St Thomas CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.973 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas CofE 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 | 0.973 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.973 miles away, the 17th longest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 78% 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 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
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
- Molyneux Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3HP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 239 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend St Thomas CofE Primary School.”
- “Staff know every pupil and build warm and caring relationships with them.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe, valued and included.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that pupils’ knowledge is less secure in a small number of subjects.”
- “However, leaders recognise that a small number of pupils need more effective support to meet the same high standards.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 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) | 78% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodland Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Gates Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eatock Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published