St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, Bolton
Primary school in Bolton. Standards maintained (Dec 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 8 January 2020, report published 26 February 2020, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Since then: ungraded inspection
Inspected 11 December 2024, report published 22 January 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. More about ungraded inspections.
Next inspection: around December 2028
The last inspection was in December 2024. 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.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.3 milesHardy Mill Primary School
Standards maintained (Nov 2024)
- 0.5 milesHarwood Meadows Primary School
Report card, Apr 2026: 7 expected
- 0.6 milesSt Maxentius CofE Primary School
Good (Jan 2023)
- 1.0 milesSt Columba's RC Primary School
Good (Apr 2024)
- 1.2 milesRed Lane Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (May 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.