Eagley Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · 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 🔒
Eagley Infant School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Eagley Infant 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 4 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 drew 46 first-choice applications for 49 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 12 of the 91 Reception 2026 applications (13%) came from families living outside Bolton, and 3 offers went to them.
- 8.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.6% 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
- Stonesteads Drive, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9LN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, flourish at Eagley Infant School.”
- “Leaders, trustees and staff are united in their ambition to give all pupils the best start to their education, academically and socially.”
- “Most pupils arrive at school keen to learn and ready to embrace all that the day has to offer.”
To improve
- “However, some curriculums are quite new.”
- “In these subjects, teachers are not as confident about what pupils should be taught and what pupils must learn.”
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders are less knowledgeable about how the curriculum is making a difference to pupils’ achievement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 49 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.
- Eagley Junior School 0.2 mi Not judged
- St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Oaks Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sharples Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Walmsley CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- High Lawn Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Maxentius CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Columba's RC Primary School 1.3 mi Good