St Mary's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Horwich, Bolton, 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 Mary's RC Primary School is a primary school in Horwich, Bolton, Bolton for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's RC 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 | 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 2026 there were 30 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- No last distance was published for Reception 2026, and the published Reception outcome swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2024 to 2025.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest among it and 7 of the 8 nearest Bolton primary schools 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
- Victoria Road, Horwich, St Mary's Rc Primary School, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6EP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 214 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this happy school.”
- “The warm and welcoming culture helps children in the early years to settle in and quickly make new friends.”
- “Older pupils value ‘bubble time’ sessions, where they talk to trusted adults if they have any worries or problems.”
To improve
- “In 2024, the proportion of pupils who met the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check was significantly below the national average.”
- “However, this work is at an earlier stage of development in some subjects.”
- “In these subjects, pupils’ learning is uneven and not as deep as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 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) | 56% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 26 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.
- Chorley New Road Primary Academy 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Horwich Parish CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Claypool Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Catherine's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beacon Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackrod Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lostock Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published