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Gaskell Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Thomas Holden Street, Bolton BL1 2QG · gaskellprimary.co.uk · 01204 333666
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bolton 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.18 mi
- 1.89 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bolton Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 472
- 52 over 420 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.2%
- First language not English
- 68.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.18 mi (1.89 km) from the school. Source: Bolton Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 56 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 52 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 53 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.18 mi1.89 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Bolton it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Gaskell Community Primary School on 14 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2012Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 48
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 52% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied