Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bolton·BL2 1JN
Composite score
53.7
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#5,928
National rank
#790
In North West
#48
In Bolton
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
72%
40 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.33
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
58
any preference, for 30 places

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School yet. Bolton does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
247
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
66.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£4,619
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School

Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Bolton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 247 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 8.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 40 first choices for 30 places. Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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