Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.593 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Bridgeman CofE 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 | 1.593 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 1.593 miles away, the 7th longest of the 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2023, and every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Rupert Street, Bolton, BL3 6PY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 484 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, are happy to attend this caring school.”
- “They are greeted warmly by their teachers as they arrive at school each morning.”
- “They are proud of the rich variety of backgrounds the school serves.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders have not thought carefully enough about how the curriculum is organised from the early years through to Year 6.”
- “However, some older pupils do not read as fluently as they should.”
- “From time to time, there are some slight weaknesses in how some teachers adapt the delivery of the curriculum for some pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 January 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) | 61% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 40 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.
- Clarendon Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sunning Hill Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lever Edge Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Essa Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged