Claypool Primary School
Salisbury Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6LN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Hulme
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 227
- Pupils on roll
- 218
- URN
- 105195
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01204333426
About this school
Claypool Primary School is a community primary school in Bolton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 218 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Claypool Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 29 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 55% | 34% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 10% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 66% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 72% | 45% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 76% | 45% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Claypool Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bolton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 63.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 63.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 34% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 241 |
| 2023/24 | 218 |
| 2024/25 | 222 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Claypool Primary School compares
Claypool Primary School ranked 89th of 89 primary schools in Bolton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34% | 4.5% | 13.5% | 218 | — |
| St Mary's RC Primary School | 56% | 4.7% | 15.2% | 214 | 0.6 miles |
| Chorley New Road Primary Academy | 60% | 5.3% | 24.7% | 316 | 0.6 miles |
| Horwich Parish CofE Primary School | 73% | 3.9% | 18.6% | 300 | 1.1 miles |
| Lostock Primary School | — | — | — | 213 | 1.4 miles |
| St Catherine's CofE Primary School | 62% | 3.8% | 21.6% | 237 | 1.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.51%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.51%
- Persistent absence
- 7.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's RC Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Horwich, Bolton
-
Chorley New Road Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Bolton
-
Horwich Parish CofE Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Bolton
-
Lostock Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Bolton
-
St Catherine's CofE Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Bolton
Other schools in Bolton
Claypool Primary School ranks 88th of the 88 ranked primary schools in Bolton.
- All Saints CofE Primary School Primary
- Beacon Primary School Primary
- Beaumont Primary School Primary
- Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School Primary
- Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School Primary
- Blackrod Primary School Primary
- Blackshaw Primary School Primary
- Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bowness Primary School Primary
- Brandwood Primary School Primary
- Brownlow Fold Primary School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Claypool Primary School teach?
- Claypool Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Bolton.
- Who is the headteacher of Claypool Primary School?
- The headteacher of Claypool Primary School is Mrs Amanda Hulme, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Claypool Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Claypool Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Claypool Primary School?
- Claypool Primary School has 218 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Claypool Primary School full?
- Claypool Primary School has capacity for 227 pupils and 218 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Claypool Primary School a faith school?
- No. Claypool Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Claypool Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Claypool Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Claypool Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Claypool Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Claypool Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 34% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Claypool Primary School compare with other schools in Bolton?
- Claypool Primary School ranked 89th of 89 primary schools in Bolton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Claypool Primary School's absence rate?
- Claypool Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Claypool Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Claypool Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.