Schools in the BL5 postcode district

Bolton

The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

Demand for places in BL5

Across the 10 schools here with figures, the middle one drew 0.95 first preferences for every place it offered. 4 of 10 were named first by more families than they had places.

Demand is not admission. A school can be named first by far more families than it has places and still admit every applicant living in its catchment. Nothing on this page says anything about property values, and no figure here should be read as evidence about them.

Published admission zones covering BL5

2 of 706 live postcodes in this district (0%) fall inside at least one published admission zone. Being inside a zone is not an offer: it is one criterion among several, applied in a year we may not hold.

Zone	School	Phase	Postcodes here
Southlands High School	Southlands High School	secondary	2

"Postcodes here" counts the postcodes in BL5 that fall inside the area. It does not count the whole area. A postcode can sit inside more than one area at a time. For example, a normal school area and a church school area can overlap.

Primary

School	1st prefs per place	Demand since	Latest Ofsted
Eatock Primary School Bolton	1.27	-	School remains Outstanding Ofsted ungraded inspection
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Bolton	0.97	-	Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton Bolton	0.90	-	Needs attention Ofsted report card (current framework)
St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School Bolton	1.30	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
St George's CofE Primary School Bolton	1.10	-	Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill Bolton	0.80	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
St Thomas CofE Primary School Bolton	0.93	-	Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
The Gates Primary School Bolton	1.07	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Woodland Primary Academy Bolton	0.73	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)

Secondary

School	1st prefs per place	Demand since	Latest Ofsted
Westhoughton High School Bolton	0.86	-	Needs attention Ofsted report card (current framework)