Beacon Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beacon Primary School is a primary school in Bolton for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Beacon 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 2024/25, 36% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as were applicants at 31 of the 88 other Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Of pupils here, 60.8% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bolton.
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
- Peter Martin Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend the school, staff are proud to work here and parents and carers are proud that their children are part of this warm and welcoming school.”
- “Staff have high expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
- “Pupils live up to these expectations and achieve well in many areas of the curriculum.”
To improve
- “In a small number of other subjects, developments to the curriculum are at an earlier stage.”
- “On occasion, some teachers lack the confidence to deliver some aspects of these curriculums well.”
- “Some pupils do not remember their learning as well as they should in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 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) | 36% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 18 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.
- Horwich Parish CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Catherine's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chorley New Road Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blackrod Primary School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Claypool Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lostock Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published