Walmsley CofE Primary School
Primary school in Bolton. Requires improvement (Feb 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 13 February 2024, report published 19 March 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Walmsley CofE Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Walmsley CofE Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| 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.
Next inspection: around August 2026
The last inspection was in February 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
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 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.6 milesEgerton Community Primary School
Report card, Jan 2026: 7 expected
- 0.7 milesSt John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton
School remains Good (Jan 2024)
- 0.9 milesEagley Infant School
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
- 1.1 milesEagley Junior School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Mar 2025)
- 1.1 milesHigh Lawn Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.