North West
Primary schools in Bolton
138 schools, 56,332 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 40.9.
Ofsted across Bolton
Good52
Outstanding13
Requires improvement2
No overall grade71
67 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 71 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Bolton
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Olive School, BoltonFree schools | Bolton | No grade | 95% |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over HultonVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 90% |
| Bowness Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Bolton | Good 2023 | 86% |
| Beaumont Primary SchoolCommunity school | BOLTON | No grade | 84% |
| St William of York Roman Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 84% |
| The Gates Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 84% |
| Masefield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2024 | 84% |
| The Valley Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Outstanding 2023 | 83% |
| St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bolton | Good 2024 | 82% |
| Kearsley West Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 81% |
| Oxford Grove Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Outstanding 2023 | 80% |
| Gaskell Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 79% |
| The Oaks Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 79% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 79% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley BridgeAcademy converter | Bolton | No grade | 79% |
| Blackrod Primary SchoolCommunity school | BOLTON | Outstanding 2024 | 78% |
| Egerton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 78% |
| St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 78% |
| Markland Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 77% |
| Prestolee Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 77% |
| The Ferns Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bolton | No grade | 76% |
| Heathfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 75% |
| The Olive Tree Primary School BoltonFree schools | Bolton | No grade | 75% |
| Sunning Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 74% |
| Haslam Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 74% |
| Spindle Point Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 74% |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Outstanding 2024 | 74% |
| Horwich Parish CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 73% |
| St Bernard's RC Primary School, BoltonVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Good 2022 | 72% |
| Eatock Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Outstanding 2024 | 70% |
| Eagley Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | No grade | 70% |
| Ladybridge Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 69% |
| Blackshaw Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 69% |
| Hardy Mill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 69% |
| St Columba's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Good 2024 | 69% |
| Devonshire Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2022 | 68% |
| Castle Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 67% |
| Moorgate Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Outstanding 2023 | 67% |
| St Saviour CofE Primary School, RingleyVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 67% |
| St James CofE Primary School, FarnworthAcademy converter | Bolton | No grade | 67% |
| Sharples Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 66% |
| Highfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 66% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, DeaneVoluntary controlled school | Bolton | Outstanding 2024 | 66% |
| All Saints CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 66% |
| Essa Primary AcademyFree schools | BOLTON | No grade | 66% |
| St James CofE Primary School, Daisy HillVoluntary controlled school | Bolton | Good 2024 | 65% |
| St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever BridgeVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 65% |
| Clarendon Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 63% |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 63% |
| Lever Edge Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Red Lane Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | No grade | 63% |
| Church Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 62% |
| Harwood Meadows Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | No grade | 62% |
| Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, BoltonAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2024 | 62% |
| St Catherine's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2022 | 62% |
| St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Bolton | No grade | 62% |
| High Lawn Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 61% |
| St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, BoltonVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 61% |
| Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2022 | 61% |
| St Maxentius CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2023 | 61% |
| St George's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 60% |
| Chorley New Road Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2023 | 60% |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great LeverVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Good 2024 | 59% |
| St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2022 | 59% |
| St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 58% |
| St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, BoltonVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Good 2024 | 58% |
| Queensbridge Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 58% |
| SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 57% |
| Brandwood Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Mytham Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 56% |
| St Mary's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Horwich, Bolton | No grade | 56% |
| St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, BoltonVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 55% |
| Pikes Lane Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 54% |
| Brownlow Fold Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 53% |
| Gilnow Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2022 | 53% |
| St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 53% |
| Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 52% |
| St Thomas of Canterbury RC SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 52% |
| St Thomas C of E Primary School, HalliwellVoluntary aided school | Bolton | No grade | 50% |
| St Bede AcademyAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2023 | 49% |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School, BoltonVoluntary controlled school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 47% |
| Leverhulme Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 45% |
| Cherry Tree Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 44% |
| Tonge Moor Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bolton | Good 2023 | 44% |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little LeverVoluntary aided school | Bolton | Good 2023 | 42% |
| Beacon Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Bolton | Good 2023 | 36% |
| Claypool Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | No grade | 34% |
| Eagley Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2023 | — |
| Woodland Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2020 | — |
| Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2021 | — |
| St John Church of England Primary School, FarnworthAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2022 | — |
| St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2021 | — |
| St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Bolton | Good 2020 | — |
| Lostock Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Johnson Fold Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Walmsley CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | Requires improvement 2024 | — |