Masefield Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.328 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Masefield Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 12 July 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Masefield 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 | 0.328 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.328 miles, the 4th shortest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 0.95 miles.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 32 first-choice families (53%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 22% 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
- Masefield Road, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1NG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 254 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 12 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this happy and welcoming school.”
- “They are extremely well motivated to make the most of the wide range of opportunities on offer to them.”
- “The school is highly ambitious for all pupils’ academic achievement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 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) | 84% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Mytham Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bowness Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blackshaw Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Prestolee Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Leverhulme Community Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published