Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bolton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 17 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry61 applications · 28 places offered · 23 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Bolton median median 2.0
- 2025 2.4; Bolton median median 2.0
- 2024 2.8; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2023 2.9; Bolton median median 1.9
- 2022 2.7; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2021 2.9; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2020 2.6; Bolton median median 2.2
- 2019 3.1; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2018 3.8; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2017 3.4; Bolton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 4.2; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 3.6; Bolton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 3.2; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Bolton median
Dashed bars: as St Catherine's CofE Primary School (URN 132785), St Catherine's CofE Primary School, Horwich (URN 105207), 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 | 28 | 61 | 2.2 | 23 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 71 | 2.4 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 88 | 2.9 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 81 | 2.7 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 | 27 | 77 | 2.9 | 21 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 94 | 3.1 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 113 | 3.8 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 103 | 3.4 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 126 | 4.2 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 109 | 3.6 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 93 | 3.2 | 29 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 69% · Writing 83% · Maths 69% → all three 62% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Bolton median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 62% | 3% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 3% | 105 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 66% | 10% | 107 | 108 |
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
- St Catherine's CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · BoltonGood20231.6applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Bolton20261.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · BoltonRemains Good20232.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · BoltonStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · BoltonOutstanding20242.0applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · BoltonRemains Good20232.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Bolton20262.3applications per place 34%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · LancashireImproved significantly20252.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 144045 · 350/2086
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 236 pupils · 237 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2018
- Replaced
- St Catherine's CofE Primary School (URN 132785); St Catherine's CofE Primary School, Horwich (URN 105207)
- Address
- Greenstone Avenue, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 5SJ
- Local authority
- Bolton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources