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Pikes Lane Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Community school
Gibraltar Street, Bolton BL3 5HU · pikeslaneprimaryschool.co.uk · 01204 333633
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bolton 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bolton Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 512
- 99% of 518 places
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.3%
- First language not English
- 88.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bolton Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 49 families put the school first and 54 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 54 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 61 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Pikes Lane Primary School on 7 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Dec 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 27
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied