Church Road Primary School
Primary schoolChurch Road Primary School is a primary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 445 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 19 March 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 62% of pupils at Church Road Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Thomas of Canterbury RC SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- Johnson Fold Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed830 m
- Smithills SchoolSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)910 m
- Oxford Grove Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, BoltonPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Youth Challenge PruPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Outstanding, July 20241 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bolton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).