St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · 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 Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever is a primary school in Bolton for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever 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, there were 4 first-choice applications for 12 offers, giving 0.3 first choices per offer, the lowest of 90 Bolton primary schools.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 31 of the 88 other Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 42% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton that have results.
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
- Norris Street, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1BQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 196 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 March 2023
Strengths
- “St Matthew’s is a caring and nurturing school.”
- “Pupils and children in the early years love coming to school.”
- “Pupils are very well cared for by staff.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, it is less clear what knowledge pupils will learn.”
- “This hampers teachers from knowing exactly what should be taught.”
- “As a result, in these subjects, pupils do not learn some of the building blocks essential for their future learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 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) | 42% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 4 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.
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mytham Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bowness Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Masefield Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Blackshaw Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Prestolee Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- All Saints CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published