Mytham Primary School

About Mytham Primary School

Mytham Primary School is a mixed state primary in the Bolton local authority, serving children aged 4 to 11. Among the 97 primary schools in the borough, it ranks 44th, placing it just within the top half of Bolton’s schools. The three highest-ranked peers locally are The Olive School, Bolton, The Oaks Primary School, and Beaumont Primary School, all of which score notably higher on the same ranking metric. For families looking closer to home, the nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Prestolee Primary School, just 1.2 kilometres away. Mytham itself has been consistently rated Good by Ofsted, most recently confirmed in an ungraded inspection in 2023, where inspectors judged that the school remains Good. Its previous graded inspection, back in 2012, also awarded Good overall, with leadership and management and early years provision both rated Good at that time. Headteacher Angela Bogle leads a school of 349 pupils, operating below its capacity of 452, and the school does offer nursery provision for younger children.

Academically, Mytham’s Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 year show that 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined. That figure sits just one percentage point below the Bolton local authority average of 66%, so the school is broadly in line with its peers. In reading, 80% of pupils reached the expected level and 31% achieved a higher standard. Maths saw 84% at the expected level and 12% at the higher level, while writing had 71% at expected and 8% at the higher level. The average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 104 in maths, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. Only 2% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects. The school’s ranking nationally places it in the 43rd percentile among primaries, and within the North West region it sits in the 41st percentile. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds beyond attainment.

Mytham offers a solid range of facilities including playing fields, a library, a forest school, a gymnasium, music rooms, a sports hall, and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, football, gymnastics, dance, netball, rounders, and cricket, and there are clubs for drama, book club, coding, and science club. The school’s SEND provisions are broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: it received 80 total applications for 28 places, with 38 first-preference applications and 28 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.86. With 18.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a moderately diverse intake. This is a Good-rated, community-focused primary that suits families who value a broad range of extracurricular activities and strong SEND support, though it is not among the highest-performing schools in the borough academically.

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