The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton

The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton at a glance

Located in Bolton, The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school with a Muslim religious character. The school educates roughly 419 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 22% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 84% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (69 first choices for 60 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.