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Kearsley West Primary School

URN
105186
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Kearsley West Primary School
URN
105186
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

82 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

90

Inspection

68

Admissions Value

78

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of primary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#18 of 88 schools in Bolton

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: Low confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Kearsley West Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Kearsley West Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
14 January 2025
Inspection date
11 December 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Standards maintained

    Graded 14 January 2025

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

29

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

71

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

29

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.45×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bolton
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Bolton)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.kearsleywest.bolton.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bolton to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

90.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

81.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

87.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

81.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

BL4 9BZ - Primrose Street, Kearsley, Bolton, Lancashire

Contact details

Address
Primrose Street, Kearsley, Bolton, Lancashire
Postcode
BL4 9BZ
Phone
1204332600
Website
www.kearsleywest.bolton.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bolton
Local authority code
350

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 252 schools in Bolton.

Authority statistics

Total schools

252

Open schools

147

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

151

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    14 January 202511 December 2024-Standards maintainedView report for inspection published 14 January 2025
    • Standards maintained

      Published
      14 January 2025
      Inspected
      11 December 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    40.8%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 29

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    34

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary151 (61.4%)
    • Secondary34 (13.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other61 (24.8%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    George Tomlinson School478 mSecondaryClosed
    Kearsley Academy478 mSecondaryOpen
    St Peter's CofE Primary School498 mPrimaryOpen
    Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care Centre505 mNurseryOpen
    TLG Bolton527 mNot applicableClosed
    St John CofE Primary School, Kearsley577 mPrimaryClosed
    St John Church of England Primary School, Farnworth577 mPrimaryOpen
    St Gregory's RC Primary School, Farnworth, Bolton621 mPrimaryClosed
    St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy621 mPrimaryOpen
    Woodbridge College630 mNot applicableOpen
    • George Tomlinson School
      Distance
      478 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Kearsley Academy
      Distance
      478 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • St Peter's CofE Primary School
      Distance
      498 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care Centre
      Distance
      505 m
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Bolton)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    All Saints CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryBL4 7PYOpen
    Beacon Primary SchoolPrimaryBL6 7ALOpen
    Beacon Primary SchoolPrimaryBL6 7ALClosed
    Beaumont Primary SchoolPrimaryBL3 4RXOpen
    Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryBL3 6PYOpen
    • All Saints CofE Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      BL4 7PY
      Status
      Open
    • Beacon Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      BL6 7AL
      Status
      Open
    • Beacon Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      BL6 7AL
      Status
      Closed
    • Beaumont Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      BL3 4RX
      Status
      Open
    • Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School
    TLG Bolton
    Distance
    527 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • St John CofE Primary School, Kearsley
    Distance
    577 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St John Church of England Primary School, Farnworth
    Distance
    577 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Gregory's RC Primary School, Farnworth, Bolton
    Distance
    621 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
    Distance
    621 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Woodbridge College
    Distance
    630 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    BL3 6PY
    Status
    Open