Community school · Primary
Bolton · BL5 3QA · Bolton
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 105243
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Bolton · BL5 3DU
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
417
Local authority
Bolton
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Bolton, Bolton, 417 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 9.1%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Salford.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 105243
Location
- Address
- Central Drive, Westhoughton
- Postcode
- BL5 3DU
- Town
- Bolton
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Bolton
- District
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton West
- 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
- 417
- Boys / girls
- 207 / 210
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 417 / 420 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 9.1%
- FSM pupils
- 38
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Martin Johnson
- Telephone
- 01942634681
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
Outstanding
Inspection date
2024-04-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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)
- 76%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 22%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0