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Mytham Primary School

Primary · Bolton · BL3 1JG

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 3 February 2023

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At a glance

323 pupils · 71% of 452 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
18.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.mytham.bolton.sch.uk
URN
105190

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.897 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 3 February 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.897 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.897 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

48 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
Bolton average65.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary AcademyDoncaster · 50 miles awayNo current grade74%
Netley Abbey Junior SchoolSouthampton · 190 miles awayGood57%
Silver End AcademyWitham · 173 miles awayExpected standard45%
Cheadle Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 43 miles awayNeeds attention46%
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolRotherham · 41 miles awayGood69%
Hungerford Primary SchoolHungerford · 153 miles awayGood65%
Yapton CE Primary SchoolArundel · 203 miles awayGood45%
Giffards Primary SchoolStanford-le-Hope · 184 miles awayGood78%
Holsworthy Church of England Primary SchoolHolsworthy · 207 miles awayGood46%
Thurston Church of England Primary AcademyBury St. Edmunds · 162 miles awayGood59%
Aloeric Primary SchoolMelksham · 152 miles awayExpected standard42%
All Souls Church of England Primary SchoolHeywood · 7 miles awayOutstanding87%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Bolton 46%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Bolton 18%, England 5%) · Black African 2% (Bolton 8%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bolton 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Bolton 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Bolton 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Bolton 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bolton 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Bolton 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.57 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bolton: 2.36 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
29.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,974; 23.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,751
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£95,880; in-year balance -£60,906

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier57.5%62.3%
Social housing24.8%17.1%
Privately rented16.8%20.5%
Detached houses4.3%22.9%
Flats18.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van29.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004916 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£207,500277 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£162,000–£245,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (34)£280,000
Semi-detached (162)£220,000
Terraced (62)£146,000
Flat (19)£112,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.44 km, 2026 entry): 463 sales, median £215,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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