Ladybridge Community Primary School

State-Funded School

ladybridge-community-primary-school-bolton-north-west

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton WestConstituency

BL3 4NBPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Ladybridge Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Bolton, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 359 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 31 Mar 2026 · published 19 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 68%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

14%

Asian

66%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

359

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

35%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 359
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
21 Apr 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
7 Feb 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.