Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 12 November 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade · as Johnson Fold Community Primary School, URN 105157
- 24 May 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) · as Johnson Fold Community Primary School, URN 105157
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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 entry- 2026 1.2; Bolton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2025 1.5; Bolton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2024 1.1; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2023 1.5; Bolton median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.5; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 1.3; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 1.3; Bolton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.3; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Bolton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Bolton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Bolton median
Dashed bars: as Johnson Fold Community Primary School (URN 105157), the previous school.
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 * | 27 | 33 | 1.2 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 23 | 35 | 1.5 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 * | 19 | 21 | 1.1 | 15 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 46 | 1.5 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 * | 23 | 34 | 1.5 | 21 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 * | 23 | 29 | 1.3 | 20 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 * | 28 | 35 | 1.3 | 22 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 41 | 1.4 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 * | 24 | 31 | 1.3 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 * | 29 | 44 | 1.5 | 38 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2015 * | 25 | 31 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 27 | 29 | 1.1 | 25 | 0.93 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Johnson Fold Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade2024
- 0.8 km · BoltonStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · BoltonRemains Good20222.0applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · BoltonGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · BoltonRemains Good20232.0applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · BoltonStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · BoltonOutstanding20233.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · BoltonGood20221.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Bolton20261.8applications per place 50%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
- 152258 · 350/2017
- Trust
- Base Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 278 pupils
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2026
- Replaced
- Johnson Fold Community Primary School (URN 105157)
- Address
- Worston Avenue, Johnson Fold, Bolton, BL1 5UG
- Local authority
- Bolton
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources