Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School
Primary · Bolton · BL2 1JN
Data updated
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 8 December 2021
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252 pupils · 120% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 66% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 16.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151025
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 40 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.33 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.822 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 8 December 2021 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.33 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 40 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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 0.822 miles for 2025 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.822 miles
measured in a straight line.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Children already attending Bolton Parish Church CE Nursery
- 0.992 miles
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Bolton school admissions · the wider Bolton authority
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Pakistani 52% (Bolton 18%, England 5%) · Black African 18% (Bolton 8%, England 5%) · White British 14% (Bolton 46%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 4% (Bolton 10%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Bolton 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Bolton 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Bolton 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bolton 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bolton 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
3.64 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,292; 18.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 24.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 29.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 16.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 32.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 27.6% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 27.4% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 44.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 37.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 15.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 42.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004818 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £149,000167 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £110,000–£195,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.32 km, 2025 entry): 285 sales, median £155,000. 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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 6an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 33an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 7an 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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