Tonge Moor Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.754 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tonge Moor Primary Academy is a primary school in Bolton for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Tonge Moor Primary Academy 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 | 0.754 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 0.754 miles from the school, the 16th shortest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 53 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 49 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton that have results.
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
- Brierwood, Bolton, BL2 2PF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 472 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, are proud and happy to attend Tonge Moor Primary Academy.”
- “They arrive each day keen to get their learning underway.”
- “Pupils said that everyone is kind to each other and that they all become good friends.”
To improve
- “That said, in a small number of subjects, the checks that leaders make on how well teachers deliver the curriculum are not precise enough.”
- “On occasions, this prevents pupils from learning all that they could.”
- “That said, some of the books that pupils read contain sounds that they do not know securely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 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) | 44% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 49 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.
- Moorgate Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Castle Hill Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Valley Community Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Columba's RC Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Red Lane Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leverhulme Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published