Kearsley West Primary School
Primary schoolKearsley West Primary School is a primary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 236 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, December 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 11 December 2024
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, 81% of pupils at Kearsley West 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 | 81% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 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- Kearsley AcademySecondary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 51.1 (2025/26, provisional)480 m
- St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)500 m
- Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care CentreNursery. School remains Outstanding, March 2024510 m
- St John Church of England Primary School, FarnworthPrimary. Good (overall), June 2022, before the school changed580 m
- St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Woodbridge CollegeSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file630 m
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).