Pikes Lane Primary School

State-Funded School

pikes-lane-primary-school-bolton-north-west

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton South and WalkdenConstituency

BL3 5HUPostcode

2.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Pikes Lane Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Bolton, North West.

It currently serves 512 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 8%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

<1%

Asian

59%

Black

25%

Mixed

Any other group

11%

Pupils

512

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

88%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 512
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
30 Jan 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
21 Jul 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.