St Bede Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.711 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Bede Academy is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Bede Academy 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 | 0.711 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.711 miles away, the 15th shortest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published last distance (middle 0.95 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2024, and every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 56 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 55 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 49% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Morris Green Lane, Bolton, BL3 3LJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 610 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “They know that they have a voice and that adults listen to them.”
- “Pupils are eager to drive positive change in the community.”
- “For example, they are keen to engage with politicians to bring about improvements to their local area.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the school has not checked sufficiently well that revised curriculums are being implemented as intended.”
- “In these subjects, the curriculum is not delivered as effectively as it is in others.”
- “Some pupils’ knowledge is uneven in these subjects as a result.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 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) | 49% | 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: 56 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.
- Essa Primary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged
- The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Heathfield Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brandwood Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lever Edge Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sunning Hill Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haslam Park Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published