# Church Road Primary School

Church 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.

Primary school. Code E105152. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 445
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 105152

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Thomas of Canterbury RC School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-of-canterbury-rc-school-e105221): 790 m. Primary. School remains Good, October 2023. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Johnson Fold Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/johnson-fold-community-primary-school-e152258): 830 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed
- [Smithills School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/smithills-school-e140500): 910 m. Secondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Oxford Grove Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oxford-grove-primary-school-e105160): 930 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), February 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-rc-primary-school-halliwell-bolton-e105223): 940 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Youth Challenge Pru](https://openindex.co.uk/school/youth-challenge-pru-e142758): 1 km. Pupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Outstanding, July 2024

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/105152)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105152)

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