St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.283 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Bartholomew's 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 | 0.283 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.283 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.95 miles).
- The Reception 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2022, though it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
- For Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- The Fairways, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3NZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils’ success and well-being lie at the heart of the school’s work.”
- “There is a strong sense of community and friendship.”
- “Most pupils agree that this is a safe and happy place to be.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, the activities that are used to deliver the learning do not help pupils to learn as well as they could.”
- “This is mainly because staff have not had the opportunity to fully develop the requisite expertise and knowledge in a small number of subjects where the curriculum is new.”
- “However, on occasion, some errors in pupils’ work go unchecked.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 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) | 63% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodland Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eatock Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- The Gates Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lostock Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published