Pikes Lane Primary School
Gibraltar Street, Bolton, BL3 5HU
512 pupils · 99% of 518 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Free school meals
- 35.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — 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 7 January 2025, published 30 January 2025. 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 | 54% |
| 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 | 54 | 49 | 73 | 52 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 64 | 103 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 59 | 61 | 101 | 59 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 55 | 104 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 55 | 51 | 79 | 55 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 59 | 110 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 74 | 64 | 106 | 73 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 59 | 123 | 60 |
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
- Gilnow Primary School 0.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2020 · previous system
- Sunning Hill Primary School 0.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Haslam Park Primary School 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 km · No Ofsted rating
- Clarendon Primary School 1 km · Standards maintained (2025)
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.