The Olive School, Bolton

An ungraded Ofsted inspection in February 2025 found: Standards maintained. An ungraded inspection issues no grade. Ofsted last graded The Olive School, Bolton Outstanding, in July 2019.

The Olive School, Bolton has 422 pupils on roll.

In 2024-25, 95% of pupils at the end of primary school (key stage 2) reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.

The Olive School, Bolton admits pupils aged 4 to 11.

The Olive School, Bolton is located in Bolton, BL1 3DX, Bolton.

The Olive School, Bolton is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Yes — The Olive School, Bolton has a religious character of Muslim. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

When The Olive School, Bolton has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (see note 1); 2. Children of staff — Children of staff employed at The Olive School, Bolton for 2 or more years at the time of application and offer of a place, and / or the member of staff has been recruited to fill a post where there is a demonstrable skill shortage (see note 2); 3. Exceptional medical or social circumstances — Children with proven, exceptionally strong special, medical or social circumstances, which are directly relevant to attendance at The Olive School, Bolton. Parents are responsible for providing the professional supporting evidence to the school by the closing date from a consultant, doctor, psychologist, social worker or from another relevant independent professional (see note 3), and 2 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If any category is oversubscribed, geographical proximity as set out in note 5 will be used as the tiebreaker to decide between the remaining cases. If after measuring distances, it is still not possible to decide on the child(ren) to be offered admission (for example two children living in the same block of flats or in the same house, the Local Authority's system of random draw will determine which of the children can be offered a place. The random draw will take place in the Local Authority office and will be undertaken by an officer independent of the admission process.

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 32.2% of pupils at The Olive School, Bolton are recorded as Indian. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.