Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart 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
- 74% in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 ranked 3rd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton that have results.
- There are 23.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
- 9.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.2% 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
- Central Drive, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3DU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school experience learning in a wonderful way.”
- “Their attitudes and conduct consistently embody the school’s motto to ‘love one another’.”
- “Pupils are happy and look forward to school each day.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2024 (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) | 74% | 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.
- The Gates Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodland Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eatock Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lostock Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published