Primary school in Bolton
Walmsley CofE Primary School
Blackburn Road, Egerton, Bolton, Lancashire, BL7 9SA
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 13 February 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 303
- Places
- 280
- How full
- Full — 303 pupils against 280 places
- Girls / boys
- 156 / 147
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Bolton 001C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 46%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 10%
- Households owning their home
- 93%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 42%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Joanna Atherton
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Ward
- Bromley Cross
- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- URN
- 152265
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egerton Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 78% | 0.6 mi |
| St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, BoltonVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 58% | 0.7 mi |
| Eagley Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.9 mi |
| Eagley Junior SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 70% | 1.1 mi |
| High Lawn Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 61% | 1.1 mi |
| The Oaks Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 79% | 1.2 mi |
| Sharples Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 66% | 1.4 mi |
| Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 52% | 1.6 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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