St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.911 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England 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 | 0.911 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.911 miles away, the 18th shortest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The middle figure across those 36 Bolton schools for Reception 2026 was 0.95 miles, and 32 other schools offered every applicant a place.
- In 2026 Reception entry, 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% 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
- Limefield Road, Smithills, Bolton, BL1 6LA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this school community.”
- “They described the school as a fun and happy place to learn and develop.”
- “Pupils said that they feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, in a very small number of subjects, leaders have not made it clear enough to teachers about the most important knowledge that pupils should know and remember.”
- “This prevents some pupils from learning all that they could.”
- “Leaders are now in the process of helping pupils to understand the importance of their roles and how to fulfil them even more effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2022 (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) | 59% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Johnson Fold Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Church Road Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oxford Grove Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brownlow Fold Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Olive School, Bolton 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published