Prestolee Primary School
Primary schoolPrestolee Primary School is a primary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 231 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 77% of pupils at Prestolee Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
13% 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 | 77% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 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- St Saviour CofE Primary School, RingleyPrimary. Good (overall), January 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care CentreNursery. School remains Outstanding, March 20241.2 km
- St John Church of England Primary School, FarnworthPrimary. Good (overall), June 2022, before the school changed1.2 km
- St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Mytham Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
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).