Prestolee Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.862 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Prestolee Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Bolton for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Prestolee 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 | 3.862 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.862 miles from the school, the 2nd longest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance for 2026 was further from the school than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% 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
- Church Road, Stoneclough, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1HJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 231 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school get a fantastic learning experience.”
- “From the early years to Year 6, pupils succeed in modelling their school’s motto to ‘aim high and be better than you have ever been before.”
- “Pupils are happy in school and greet their friends and staff each morning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 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) | 77% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 25 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 Saviour CofE Primary School, Ringley 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Church of England Primary School, Farnworth 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Mytham Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi Good
- Kearsley West Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published