Pikes Lane Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Requires improvement Jan 7 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 2 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Unique reference
- 105161
- Address
- Gibraltar Street, BL3 5HU
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 522 (100% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.6%
- Girls
- 49.4%
- First language not English
- 90.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 34.1%
- Persistent absence
- 9.1%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.0%
Pakistani 35.8%
African 23.9%
Indian 15.9%
Other 10.9%
Other Asian 5.6%
Mixed 3.5%
Bangladeshi 2.7%
Other White 0.8%
Other Black 0.6%
White British 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage0.1
WritingAverage0.3
MathsAverage1.1
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 50%
Local authority average 62%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 8%
Local authority average 10%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 101
Local authority average 105
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 101
Local authority average 105
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
Pikes Lane Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 60
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 64
- 2nd preference
- 21
- 3rd preference
- 18
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 55
- 2nd preference
- 3
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 28.6 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 29.5 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 30.1 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Part-time | 16 12 4 |
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 58 31 27 |
| Reception, Full-time | 59 30 29 |
| Year 1 | 60 32 28 |
| Year 2 | 58 29 29 |
| Year 3 | 60 34 26 |
| Year 4 | 89 44 45 |
| Year 5 | 60 26 34 |
| Year 6 | 62 26 36 |