# Harwood Meadows Primary School

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

It had 224 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E137991. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 224
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 137991

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 28 April 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, 62% of pupils at Harwood Meadows Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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.

- [Firwood High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/firwood-high-school-e146410): 410 m. Special. School remains Good, March 2023
- [Hardy Mill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hardy-mill-primary-school-e105189): 470 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bolton St Catherine's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bolton-st-catherines-academy-e145314): 610 m. All-through. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 34% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-brendans-rc-primary-school-harwood-bolton-e105246): 870 m. Primary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Red Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/red-lane-primary-school-e143030): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Breightmet School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/breightmet-school-e150807): 1.7 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## 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/137991)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137991)

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