# Gaskell Community Primary School

Gaskell Community Primary School is a primary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 472 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E105155. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 472
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 105155

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 14 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 79% of pupils at Gaskell Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
11% 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 | 79% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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.

- [LifeBridge ASEND](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lifebridge-asend-e142922): 330 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-matthews-cofe-primary-school-bolton-e105205): 500 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Olive School, Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-olive-school-bolton-e142898): 610 m. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 95% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Brownlow Fold Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brownlow-fold-primary-school-e105149): 610 m. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Al-Huda Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/al-huda-primary-school-e139017): 800 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Oxford Grove Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oxford-grove-primary-school-e105160): 850 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), February 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/105155)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105155)

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