The Valley Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.463 miles
last distance offered: “0.463 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Valley Community Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
The Valley 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 | 0.463 mi |
| 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.463 miles away, the 10th shortest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer than in 2025 and 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 27% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Hibbert Street, Off Blackburn Road, Bolton, BL1 8JG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 538 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils take full advantage of the vast array of opportunities on offer at this school.”
- “They told inspectors that it is a privilege to attend such an exceptional place.”
- “Pupils are very proud of their school and their many accomplishments.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is not as clear in some areas of learning as it is in others.”
- “This means that, in some aspects of the curriculum, staff are less sure about what children should know and be able to do by the end of the Reception Year.”
- “At times, staff miss opportunities to check for and then address gaps in children’s knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 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) | 83% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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 Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Olive School, Bolton 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brownlow Fold Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gaskell Community Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castle Hill Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Tonge Moor Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published