# Gilnow Primary School

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

It had 221 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E105198. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 221
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 105198

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 16 June 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
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, 53% of pupils at Gilnow Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
3% 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 | 53% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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.

- [Pikes Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pikes-lane-primary-school-e105161): 310 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bolton School Boys' Division](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bolton-school-boys-division-e105271): 540 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Bolton School Infant & Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bolton-school-infant-and-nursery-school-e149361): 620 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Bolton School Girls' Division](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bolton-school-girls-division-e105272): 620 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Bolton College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bolton-college-e130495): 640 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [University Collegiate School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/university-collegiate-school-e141941): 650 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/105198)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105198)

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