Leverhulme Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Leverhulme Community Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 2–11 (community school). Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Leverhulme Community 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
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, with 46 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 12 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 53.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 32.9% 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
- Breightmet Drive, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 6EE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 438 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a warm welcome at the start of each day.”
- “This is because staff genuinely care about pupils.”
- “In response, pupils trust staff and develop positive relationships with their peers.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils are often absent.”
- “However, it is not delivered consistently well across different year groups.”
- “This affects some pupils’ achievement in national tests at the end of Year 6, which is typically lower than the national average.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 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) | 45% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 46 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.
- SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Red Lane Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blackshaw Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever Bridge 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorgate Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Tonge Moor Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bowness Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published