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Mytham Primary School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Bolton

Mytham Road, Bolton, BL3 1JG

Website 01204333556

65

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

74%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

95.7%

8.5% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

323

Capacity used

Has space

71%

452 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

74%

1st preference success rate

28 of 38 families who put it first got an offer

28

Places offered

80

Total applications

2.9

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference3828● 74%
2nd preference240● 0%
3rd preference180● 0%
Total802835%

1st preference success by year

82%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
97%
2023
100%
2024
74%
2025

Bolton lets families list 3 preferences. 9 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Stacey Burke
Address
Mytham Road, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1JG
Phone
01204333556
Local authority
Bolton
Ward / constituency
Little Lever & Darcy Lever · Bolton North East
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
105190

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals18%——
English as additional language5%——
SEN support20%——
50% boys (163)50% girls (160)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

323 pupils · 452 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 23

    03 February 2023

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 260 pupils

Attendance

95.7%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.3%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

8.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.2%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

3%
20/21
15%
21/22
11%
22/23
10%
23/24
8%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths65%——
Higher standard2%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard56%
-6% vs England
Higher standard4%
-4% vs England

Reading

Expected standard71%
-4% vs England
Higher standard23%
-10% vs England
Average score106
+0 vs England

Writing

Expected standard63%
-9% vs England
Greater depth10%
-3% vs England

Maths

Expected standard67%
-7% vs England
Higher standard17%
-9% vs England
Average score102
-3 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard71%
-2% vs England
Higher standard21%
-9% vs England
Average score104
-1 vs England

Science

Expected standard71%
-11% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

612019582023652024562025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)56%61%
Higher standard4%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Bolton council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.