Schools and Education in Holcombe Brook

There are 140 schools within 5 miles of Holcombe Brook town centre, including 86 primary and 15 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 89% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Hoyle Nursery School, Moorgate Primary School and The Valley Community Primary School. Parents should note that 8 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
140
Primary
86
Secondary
15
Good / Outstanding
89%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

61
8
Outstanding (5) Good (61) Requires Improvement (8) Not yet inspected (66)
Hoyle Nursery School Nursery 3.3 miles Chesham Fold Road, Bury, BL9 6HR Inspected: 04 April 2025 Moorgate Primary School Primary 4 miles Entwistle Street, Bolton, BL2 2RH Inspected: 16 June 2023 The Valley Community Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Hibbert Street, Off Blackburn Road, Bolton, BL1 8JG Inspected: 22 November 2023 Eden Boys' School, Bolton Secondary 4.5 miles Back Rawsthorne Street, Bolton, BL1 3QE Inspected: 13 September 2023 Millwood Primary Special School 4.6 miles School Street, Radcliffe, Bury, M26 3BW Inspected: 29 September 2023
Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Primary 0.4 miles Holly Mount Lane, Greenmount, Bury, BL8 4HS Inspected: 13 March 2024 Holcombe Brook Primary School Primary 0.5 miles Longsight Road, Holcombe Brook, Bury, BL0 9TA Inspected: 16 January 2025 Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya 0.9 miles Branch Road, Holcombe Old Road, Nr. Bury, BL8 4NG Inspected: 25 September 2025 Summerseat Methodist Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Rowlands Road, Summerseat, Bury, BL9 5NF Inspected: 12 December 2023 Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Primary 1.4 miles Arundel Close, Bury, BL8 1YA Inspected: 11 May 2023 Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Chapel Lane, Holcombe, Bury, BL8 4PA Inspected: 07 May 2024 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom Primary 1.5 miles Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9JD Inspected: 23 November 2021 Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Church Street, Walshaw, Bury, BL8 3AX Inspected: 19 January 2023 The Elton High School Secondary 1.9 miles Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 1RN Inspected: 18 March 2022 Elton Community Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Alston Street, Bury, BL8 1SB Inspected: 11 March 2024 Hardy Mill Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Hardy Mill Road, Harwood, Bolton, BL2 4EF Inspected: 17 January 2025 St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, Bolton Primary 2.5 miles Brookfold Lane, Harwood, Bolton, BL2 4DZ Inspected: 23 January 2025 Lowercroft Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Ashington Drive, Bury, BL8 2TS Inspected: 12 February 2025 St Maxentius CofE Primary School Primary 2.6 miles New Hays Way, Bradshaw, Bolton, BL2 4AE Inspected: 09 March 2023 Mill School - Bury 2.9 miles Wellington Street, Bury, BL8 2BD Inspected: 10 June 2025 Forestwood School 2.9 miles Buller Street, Bury, BL8 2BS Inspected: 11 March 2025 Rossendale School 3 miles Bamford Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0RT Inspected: 20 January 2025 St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Secondary 3 miles Bridge Road, Bury, BL9 0TZ Inspected: 04 May 2023 Birtenshaw School Bolton 3.2 miles Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9AB Inspected: 27 March 2024 Eagley Infant School Primary 3.2 miles Stonesteads Drive, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9LN Inspected: 04 May 2023 Holy Trinity Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Back East Street, Bury, BL9 0SB Inspected: 13 March 2023 Bury College 16 plus 3.3 miles Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BG Inspected: 15 June 2023 The Derby High School Secondary 3.3 miles Radcliffe Road, Redvales, Lancs, BL9 9NH Inspected: 14 July 2023 Holy Cross College 16 plus 3.4 miles Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9BB Inspected: 09 May 2024 St Columba's RC Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Ripley Street, Tonge Moor, Bolton, BL2 3AR Inspected: 17 May 2024 St Thomas Church of England Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Pimhole Road, Bury, BL9 7EY Inspected: 08 July 2024 St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton Primary 3.5 miles Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9HT Inspected: 07 March 2024 Bury East Children's Centre Hub 3.5 miles Hazel Avenue, Hazel Avenue, Bury, BL9 7QT Inspected: 10 June 2011 Hazel Wood High School Secondary 3.5 miles Hazel Avenue, Bury, BL9 7QT Inspected: 15 June 2023 St Luke's CofE Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Morley Street, Bury, BL9 9JQ Inspected: 22 May 2023 Sharples Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Hugh Lupus Street, Bolton, BL1 8RU Inspected: 20 March 2025 Castle Hill Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Haroldene Street, Tonge Moor, Bolton, BL2 2JT Inspected: 30 March 2023 The Oaks Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Sharples Hall Drive, Bolton, BL1 7HS Inspected: 01 February 2024 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe Primary 3.7 miles Graves Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4GE Inspected: 18 December 2023 Fairfield Community Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7SD Inspected: 26 May 2023 St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Whitefield Road, Bury, BL9 9PW Inspected: 15 December 2021 Leverhulme Community Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Breightmet Drive, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 6EE Inspected: 03 February 2022 SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Falkirk Drive, Bolton, BL2 6NW Inspected: 09 March 2023 Tonge Moor Primary Academy Primary 3.9 miles Brierwood, Bolton, BL2 2PF Inspected: 21 March 2023 Egerton Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Cox Green Road, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9RE Inspected: 11 November 2021 Radcliffe Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Coronation Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3RD Inspected: 09 December 2022 Gorsefield Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Robertson Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DW Inspected: 10 May 2023 Helmshore Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Gregory Fold, Helmshore, Rossendale, BB4 4JW Inspected: 18 March 2024 St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Helmshore Primary 4.4 miles Brooklands Avenue, Helmshore, BB4 4EZ Inspected: 24 June 2024 Haslingden High School and Sixth Form Secondary 4.4 miles Greens Lane, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 4EY Inspected: 01 July 2022 Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Bury Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2GB Inspected: 19 January 2024 Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary 4.5 miles N/A, Darnhill, Heywood, OL10 3PD Inspected: 17 October 2023 St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever Bridge Primary 4.6 miles Radcliffe Road, Bolton, BL2 1NZ Inspected: 14 March 2023 St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton Primary 4.6 miles Peterborough Walk, Halliwell, Bolton, BL1 2JL Inspected: 11 May 2023 Hollins Grundy Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Hollins Lane, Off Hollins Lane, Bury, BL9 8AY Inspected: 19 May 2023 St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever Primary 4.7 miles Norris Street, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1BQ Inspected: 11 May 2023 Raise Education and Wellbeing School 4.7 miles Brownlow Way, Bolton, BL1 3UB Inspected: 07 October 2025 Maple House School 4.7 miles Manchester Road, Haslingden, Manchester, BB4 6LN Inspected: 12 September 2024 LifeBridge ASEND 4.7 miles Redhill Grove, Vernon Street, Bolton, BL1 2XN Inspected: 17 July 2023 Mytham Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Mytham Road, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1JG Inspected: 29 March 2023 Bowness Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Church Street, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1BT Inspected: 26 September 2023 Little Lever School Secondary 4.8 miles Church Street, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1BT Inspected: 19 May 2022 Brownlow Fold Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Darley Street, Bolton, BL1 3DX Inspected: 10 February 2022 St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell Primary 4.8 miles Eskrick Street, Bolton, BL1 3JB Inspected: 25 January 2022 Sunny Bank Primary School Primary 5 miles Hathaway Road, Bury, BL9 8EQ Inspected: 01 August 2023 Al-Huda Primary School 5 miles Back Raphael Street, Bolton, BL1 3EH Inspected: 25 April 2024
Tottington High School Secondary 1 miles Laurel Street, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3LY Inspected: 05 July 2024 Peel Brow School Primary 2 miles Quarry Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0BJ Inspected: 19 January 2024 Cambian Chesham House School 3.2 miles Thrush Drive, Thrush Drive, BL9 6JD Inspected: 03 December 2025 Bury Church of England High School Secondary 3.2 miles Haslam Brow, Bury, BL9 0TS Inspected: 20 October 2023 Woodlands 3.4 miles Edenfield, Rossendale, BL0 0QL Inspected: 10 November 2025 Breightmet School 3.6 miles Milnthorpe Road, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 6PD Inspected: 15 July 2025 Valley College 4.6 miles Clod Lane, Rossendale, BB4 6LR Inspected: 15 January 2025 Oak Haven School 4.7 miles Sutherland Road, Heywood, OL10 3PY Inspected: 13 December 2024
Greenmount Primary School Primary 0.1 miles Holhouse Lane, Greenmount, Bury, BL8 4HD Woodhey High School Secondary 0.7 miles Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9QZ St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw Primary 1 miles Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, Bury, BL8 4JL Hazlehurst Primary Academy Primary 1 miles Geoffrey Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9PQ Old Hall Primary School Primary 1.2 miles Springside View, Bury, BL8 4LU Tottington Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Moorside Road, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3HR St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy Primary 1.5 miles Queen Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9JJ Springside Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Springside Road, Bury, BL9 5JB Bury West & North Children's Centre Hub 2.1 miles Stafford Street, Bury, BL8 1AX Inspected: 14 October 2011 Woodbank Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Stafford Street, Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1AX Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Primary 2.2 miles Leigh Lane, Elton, Bury, BL8 2RH Chantlers Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Foulds Avenue, Bury, BL8 2SF Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Controlled Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Bolton Road, Edgworth, Bolton, BL7 0AH Chesham Primary Academy Primary 2.5 miles Talbot Grove, Bury, BL9 6PH St John with St Mark CofE Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Athlone Avenue, Bury, BL9 5EE Inspected: 16 January 2023 Harwood Meadows Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Orchard Gardens, Harwood, Bolton, BL2 3PS Inspected: 03 May 2022 Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Bolton Road North, Stubbins, Bury, BL0 0NA Inspected: 17 July 2024 Greenhill Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Mile Lane, Bury, BL8 2JH Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Well Street, Ainsworth, Bolton, BL2 5SQ St Stephen's Church of England Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Bury, BL8 2DX Bury Grammar Schools 2.9 miles Tenterden Street, Bury, BL9 0HN Bolton St Catherine's Academy All-through 2.9 miles Stitch-Mi-Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU Firwood High School 2.9 miles Stitch-Mi-Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary 3 miles Danesmoor Drive, Bury, BL9 6ER Eagley Junior School Primary 3 miles Chapeltown Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9AT Turton School Secondary 3 miles Bromley Cross Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9LT Inspected: 08 May 2024 St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Porritt Street, Via Huntley Mount Road, Bury, BL9 6LJ Bright Meadows Family Hub 3.2 miles Greenroyd Avenue, Bolton, Bolton, BL2 5DD Canon Slade School Secondary 3.2 miles Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, Bolton, BL2 3BP St Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Primary 3.2 miles Edward Street, The Mosses, Bury, BL9 0RZ Bromley Cross Family Hub Link Site 3.2 miles The Crescent, Toppings Estate, Bolton, BL7 9JR Red Lane Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Red Lane, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 5HP Ash Grove School 3.4 miles Deal Street, Bury, BL9 7PZ East Ward Community Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Willow Street, Bury, BL9 7QZ Sharples School Secondary 3.6 miles Hill Cot Road, Sharples, Bolton, BL1 8SN Bury East Children's Centre Spoke 3.6 miles Dorset Drive, Bury, BL9 9DN Inspected: 08 March 2012 Edenfield Church of England Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Market Street, Edenfield, Bury, BL0 0HL Forwards Centre 3.7 miles Withins Lane, Bolton, BL2 5DX Leverhulme Family Hub Link Site 3.9 miles Swinton Street, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 6EB Inspected: 08 November 2012 Wesley Methodist Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Forth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4PX Blackshaw Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Bideford Drive, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 6TE Walmsley CofE Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Blackburn Road, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9SA Tonge Family Hub 3.9 miles Starkie Road, Tonge Moor, Bolton, BL2 2ED High Lawn Primary School Primary 4 miles Holden Avenue, Sharples, Bolton, BL1 7EX Heap Bridge Village Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Heap Brow, Heap Bridge, Bury, BL9 7JP St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge Primary 4.1 miles Newnham Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 8QA St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary 4.2 miles Belgrave Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DG Radcliffe Children's Centre Hub 4.2 miles Coronation Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3RD Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Back Baxendale Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6QJ Oldhams Family Hub 4.2 miles Forfar Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6RN Inspected: 21 February 2013 The Valley Family Hub Link Site 4.2 miles Chalfont Street, Bolton, BL1 8JS Inspected: 08 December 2011 Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya 4.3 miles McEvoy Street, Bolton, BL1 8LX Inspected: 25 April 2024 Masefield Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Masefield Road, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1NG Ladywood School 4.4 miles Masefield Road, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1NG Radcliffe Children's Centre Spoke 4.4 miles Bury Street, Manchester, M26 2GB Star Radcliffe Academy Secondary 4.5 miles Spring Lane, Radcliffe, M26 2SZ The Olive School, Bolton Primary 4.5 miles Waterloo Street, Waterloo Street, Bolton, BL1 8HT Inspected: 01 April 2025 Thornleigh Salesian College Secondary 4.5 miles Sharples Park, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6PQ Haslingden Broadway Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Broadway, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 4EH Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Crawford Avenue, Bolton, BL2 1JN Tor View School 4.6 miles Clod Lane, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 6LR Mytham Family Hub Link Site 4.7 miles Lindley Street, Bolton, BL3 1LU St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy Primary 4.8 miles Redcar Road, Little Lever, Bolton, BL3 1EN Cams Lane Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Cams Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3SW St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Heys Lane, Heywood, OL10 3RD EdStart Schools Bolton 5 miles Manchester Road, Bolton, BL2 1ES