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Red Lane Primary School

3–11Ages
475Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143030URN

Red Lane, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 5HP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.2per place

0.8 below Bolton median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bolton

60 applications for 51 places · 88th of 91 in Bolton

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

63%met the expected standard

Bolton 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 7 May 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.2applications per place, Reception

0.8 below Bolton median (2.0) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

60 applications · 51 places offered · 46 named it first

2026 1.2; Bolton median median 2.0
2025 1.2; Bolton median median 2.0
2024 1.3; Bolton median median 2.1
2023 1.3; Bolton median median 1.9
2022 1.4; Bolton median median 2.1
2021 1.5; Bolton median median 2.1
2020 1.5; Bolton median median 2.2
2019 1.5; Bolton median median 2.1
2018 1.3; Bolton median median 2.1
2017 1.4; Bolton median median 2.0
2016 1.8; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
2015 1.5; Bolton median median 2.2; as the previous school
2014 1.5; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Bolton median in 0 of 10 years.

This school
Bolton median

Dashed bars: as Red Lane Primary School (URN 105200), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	51	60	1.2	46	0.90
Sep 2025	59	72	1.2	54	0.92
Sep 2024	51	68	1.3	49	0.96
Sep 2023	54	72	1.3	49	0.91
Sep 2022	57	77	1.4	60	1.05
Sep 2021	56	82	1.5	53	0.95
Sep 2020	55	80	1.5	52	0.95
Sep 2019	56	85	1.5	54	0.96
Sep 2018	59	78	1.3	54	0.92
Sep 2017	60	86	1.4	55	0.92
Sep 2016 *	52	92	1.8	54	1.04
Sep 2015 *	51	76	1.5	46	0.90
Sep 2014 *	40	60	1.5	36	0.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 68% · Maths 75% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%47th of 87 in Bolton

Bolton 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

Bolton 79% England 78%

Higher standard36%

Bolton 31% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard68%

Bolton 77% England 75%

Greater depth7%

Bolton 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Bolton 78% England 77%

Higher standard31%

Bolton 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Bolton median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	63%	7%	106	104
2023/24	62%	9%	106	105
2022/23	58%	14%	106	106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Red Lane Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Leverhulme Community Primary School
0.9 km · Bolton

2026

1.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Harwood Meadows Primary School
1.1 km · Bolton

2026

2.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School
1.3 km · Bolton

Remains Good2023

1.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Blackshaw Primary School
1.5 km · Bolton

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Hardy Mill Primary School
1.5 km · Bolton

Standards maintained2024

2.0applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Moorgate Primary School
1.6 km · Bolton

Remains Outstanding2023

5.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Tonge Moor Primary Academy
1.7 km · Bolton

Good2023

1.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary School
1.7 km · Bury

Remains Good2022

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143030 · 350/2081
Trust: Base Academy Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 475 on roll
Free school meals: 59.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 August 2016
Replaced: Red Lane Primary School (URN 105200)
Address: Red Lane, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 5HP
Local authority: Bolton

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources