Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.449 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton is a primary school in Bolton for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton 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 | 2.449 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 Reception child offered a place lived 2.449 miles away, the 4th longest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance was further in 2026 than in 2025 and 2023; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 54 first-choice applications for 58 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 36.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton is 26.7%.
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
- Newport Road, Great Lever, Bolton, BL3 2DT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 572 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel well cared for at this school.”
- “They are happy and have positive relationships with each other.”
- “Their attitude to their learning is impressive, as is their behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, in a few other subjects, the school’s curricular thinking is less precise.”
- “In these subjects, the school is not clear about the crucial knowledge that pupils should learn and how it should be taught.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not develop a deep understanding of the content in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2024 (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) | 62% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 54 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 William of York Roman Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Clarendon Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great Lever 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Lever Edge Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sunning Hill Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published