Community school · Primary
Bolton · BL3 6SN · Bolton
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 142923
Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School
Academy converter · Bolton · BL3 6PY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
484
Local authority
Bolton
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bolton, Bolton, 484 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 27.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Manchester.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 142923
Location
- Address
- Rupert Street
- Postcode
- BL3 6PY
- Town
- Bolton
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Bolton
- District
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 484
- Boys / girls
- 255 / 229
- School capacity
- 472
- Capacity fill
- 484 / 472 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 27.6%
- FSM pupils
- 132
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
- Governance
- Academy trust: ARCHBISHOP TEMPLE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ARCHBISHOP TEMPLE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mike Lonsdale
- Telephone
- 01204333466
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-09-27
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 56%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0