Queensbridge Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Queensbridge Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Queensbridge 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 Reception 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception figure of 1.1 first choices per offer was the 17th highest of 90 Bolton primary schools.
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 58% met the expected standard, the lowest of 8 schools: this one and 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
- St Germain Street, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 7BL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 246 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel cared for and valued during their time in school.”
- “They live up to leaders’ high expectations for their behaviour by following the school rules and thinking of others.”
- “Pupils’ positive conduct helps to create a calm and orderly learning environment.”
To improve
- “Some teachers are not sure how to deliver aspects of these revised curriculums.”
- “At times, some teachers do not identify and then address gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
- “This means that pupils are less able to recall their knowledge as well as they do in other curriculum areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 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) | 58% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- The Ferns Primary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth 0.3 mi Not judged
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Highfield Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good
- St John Church of England Primary School, Farnworth 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade