High Lawn Primary School
Holden Avenue, Bolton, BL1 7EX
492 pupils · 98% of 504 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 October 2024, published 14 November 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 61% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 8% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.91 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 45 | 41 | 75 | 44 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 58 | 54 | 109 | 58 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 59 | 58 | 97 | 59 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 59 | 47 | 101 | 58 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 53 | 49 | 85 | 53 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 59 | 65 | 116 | 59 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 55 | 116 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 53 | 45 | 102 | 52 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Oaks Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School 0.7 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Sharples Primary School 0.8 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge 1.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Eagley Infant School 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.