Chorley New Road Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.976 miles
Published by Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chorley New Road Primary Academy is a primary school in Bolton for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Chorley New Road 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 | 0.976 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 0.976 miles away, the 16th longest of 36 Bolton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 4 of the 5 years with a published outcome, which run from 2022 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 48 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 42 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, and 13% (England 8%) reached the higher standard.
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
- Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6EW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 316 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils describe Chorley New Road Primary Academy as a welcoming and happy place.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and they are proud of how they support each other, for example as well-being ambassadors.”
- “Staff nurture positive and trusting relationships with pupils, including children in the early years.”
To improve
- “In addition, for other pupils, irregular attendance in the past has had a negative impact on their learning.”
- “Nevertheless, some pupils have not had enough practice in reading books which match the sounds that they know.”
- “As a result, their lack of fluency in reading limits their achievement in some areas of the curriculum.”
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) | 60% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 42 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.
- St Mary's RC Primary School 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Claypool Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Horwich Parish CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Catherine's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beacon Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackrod Primary School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lostock Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published