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Sharples Primary School

Primary school in Bolton. Standards maintained (Feb 2025).

Latest inspection: ungraded

Inspected 12 February 2025, report published 19 March 2025.

Standards maintained

An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. The full inspection it refers to was before September 2019, so it isn’t in Ofsted’s current data. More about ungraded inspections.

Next inspection: around February 2029

The last inspection was in February 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

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  5. 0.7 milesHoly Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School

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    Report card, Jan 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.