Schools and Education in Belmont

There are 92 schools within 5 miles of Belmont town centre, including 55 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 94% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Youth Challenge Pru, Turncroft Nursery School and Oxford Grove Primary School. Parents should note that 3 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
92
Primary
55
Secondary
11
Good / Outstanding
94%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

6
44
Outstanding (6) Good (44) Requires Improvement (3) Not yet inspected (39)
Youth Challenge Pru 3.4 miles Smithills Dean Road, Bolton, BL1 6JT Inspected: 16 September 2024 Turncroft Nursery School Nursery 3.8 miles Highfield Road, Darwen, BB3 2DN Inspected: 24 June 2025 Oxford Grove Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Shepherd Cross Street, Bolton, BL1 3EJ Inspected: 22 March 2023 Eden Boys' School, Bolton Secondary 4.2 miles Back Rawsthorne Street, Bolton, BL1 3QE Inspected: 13 September 2023 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell Primary 4.5 miles Bury Lane, Withnell, Chorley, PR6 8SD Inspected: 20 January 2025 The Valley Community Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Hibbert Street, Off Blackburn Road, Bolton, BL1 8JG Inspected: 22 November 2023
Turton Belmont Community Primary School Primary 0.3 miles Ryecroft Lane, Belmont, Bolton, BL7 8AH Inspected: 25 March 2024 Egerton Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Cox Green Road, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9RE Inspected: 11 November 2021 Aurora Woodlands School 2.8 miles Holly Tree Close, Holly Tree Close, Lancashire, BB3 2NG Inspected: 15 September 2025 Ashleigh Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Ross Street, Darwen, BB3 2JT Inspected: 17 May 2023 Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy Primary 3 miles Knowlesly Road, Darwen, BB3 2JA Inspected: 25 May 2023 Rivington and Blackrod High School Secondary 3.3 miles Rivington Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7RU Inspected: 27 July 2023 St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton Primary 3.3 miles Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9HT Inspected: 07 March 2024 Rivington Foundation Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Horrobin Lane, Rivington, Bolton, BL6 7SE Inspected: 31 January 2025 St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen Primary 3.4 miles Limes Avenue, DARWEN, BB3 2SG Inspected: 05 March 2025 Eagley Infant School Primary 3.5 miles Stonesteads Drive, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9LN Inspected: 04 May 2023 Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Turncroft Road, DARWEN, BB3 2BW Inspected: 09 May 2022 The Oaks Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Sharples Hall Drive, Bolton, BL1 7HS Inspected: 01 February 2024 Horwich Parish CofE Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Church Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6AA Inspected: 04 March 2022 Beacon Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Peter Martin Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AL Inspected: 26 May 2023 Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio Secondary 3.7 miles Police Street, Darwen, BB3 1AF Inspected: 18 October 2021 Lever Park School 3.8 miles Stocks Park Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6DE Inspected: 21 June 2024 Church Road Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Brookland Grove, Bolton, BL1 5RU Inspected: 13 May 2025 Sharples Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Hugh Lupus Street, Bolton, BL1 8RU Inspected: 20 March 2025 Birtenshaw School Bolton 3.9 miles Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9AB Inspected: 27 March 2024 Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary Primary 3.9 miles Ellison Fold Terrace, Darwen, BB3 3EB Inspected: 23 November 2021 St Mary's RC Primary School Primary 4 miles College Drive, Horwich, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6EP Inspected: 06 May 2025 Darwen Children's Centre 4 miles Lord Street, Darwen, BB3 0HD Inspected: 04 August 2015 Avondale Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Schofield Street, Darwen, BB3 1NN Inspected: 27 September 2023 Crosshill Special School 4.1 miles Salisbury Road, Darwen, BB3 1HZ Inspected: 25 February 2022 St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton Primary 4.1 miles Shepherd Cross Street, Halliwell, Bolton, BL1 3EJ Inspected: 16 December 2024 Claypool Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Salisbury Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6LN Inspected: 03 February 2022 St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell Primary 4.1 miles Eskrick Street, Bolton, BL1 3JB Inspected: 25 January 2022 Al-Huda Primary School 4.2 miles Back Raphael Street, Bolton, BL1 3EH Inspected: 25 April 2024 St Thomas of Canterbury RC School Primary 4.2 miles Eastbourne Grove, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 5LH Inspected: 27 November 2023 Abbey Village Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Bolton Road, Abbey Village, Chorley, PR6 8DD Inspected: 03 May 2024 Brownlow Fold Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Darley Street, Bolton, BL1 3DX Inspected: 10 February 2022 St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Rock Lane, Tockholes, Darwen, BB3 0LX Inspected: 14 December 2021 Raise Education and Wellbeing School 4.4 miles Brownlow Way, Bolton, BL1 3UB Inspected: 07 October 2025 Oxford Grove Family Hub 4.4 miles Beatrice Road, Bolton, BL1 3BH Inspected: 17 November 2011 Devonshire Road Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Devonshire Road, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 4ND Inspected: 15 November 2022 St Columba's RC Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Ripley Street, Tonge Moor, Bolton, BL2 3AR Inspected: 17 May 2024 Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School Primary 4.5 miles School Lane, Brinscall, Chorley, PR6 8PT Inspected: 04 March 2024 St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton Primary 4.6 miles Peterborough Walk, Halliwell, Bolton, BL1 2JL Inspected: 11 May 2023 Anderton Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Babylon Lane, Adlington, PR6 9NN Inspected: 13 January 2025 LifeBridge ASEND 4.6 miles Redhill Grove, Vernon Street, Bolton, BL1 2XN Inspected: 17 July 2023 St Maxentius CofE Primary School Primary 4.6 miles New Hays Way, Bradshaw, Bolton, BL2 4AE Inspected: 09 March 2023 Castle Hill Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Haroldene Street, Tonge Moor, Bolton, BL2 2JT Inspected: 30 March 2023 Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Vicarage Close, Adlington, Chorley, PR6 9QZ Inspected: 23 May 2023 Darwen Vale High School Secondary 4.9 miles Blackburn Road, Darwen, BB3 0AL Inspected: 12 March 2024
Cumberland School 3.3 miles Rivington Lane, Rivington, Bolton, BL6 7RX Inspected: 17 September 2025 Smithills School Secondary 3.5 miles Smithills Dean Road, Bolton, BL1 6JS Inspected: 06 December 2024 St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.4 miles St Alban's Road, Darwen, BB3 0HY Inspected: 04 July 2024
Walmsley CofE Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Blackburn Road, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9SA St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Limefield Road, Smithills, Bolton, BL1 6LA High Lawn Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Holden Avenue, Sharples, Bolton, BL1 7EX Johnson Fold Community Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Worston Avenue, Johnson Fold, Bolton, BL1 5UG Oldhams Family Hub 3.5 miles Forfar Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6RN Inspected: 21 February 2013 Bromley Cross Family Hub Link Site 3.5 miles The Crescent, Toppings Estate, Bolton, BL7 9JR Thornleigh Salesian College Secondary 3.6 miles Sharples Park, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6PQ Holy Trinity VC School Primary 3.6 miles Bank Bottom, Darwen, BB3 2RW Darwen Aldridge Community Academy Secondary 3.7 miles Sudell Road, Darwen, BB3 3HD Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Back Baxendale Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6QJ Horwich Family Hub Link Site 3.7 miles Peter Martin Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AJ Inspected: 06 July 2012 Eagley Junior School Primary 3.8 miles Chapeltown Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9AT Sharples School Secondary 3.8 miles Hill Cot Road, Sharples, Bolton, BL1 8SN Turton School Secondary 3.9 miles Bromley Cross Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9LT Inspected: 08 May 2024 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge Primary 4 miles Newnham Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 8QA Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Controlled Primary School Primary 4 miles Bolton Road, Edgworth, Bolton, BL7 0AH Markland Hill Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Markland Hill, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 5EJ St Catherine's CofE Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Greenstone Avenue, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 5SJ Chorley New Road Primary Academy Primary 4.1 miles Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6EW Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy Primary 4.1 miles Olive Lane, Darwen, BB3 0EY St Joseph's RC High School Secondary 4.2 miles Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6HW Heaton Family Hub Link Site 4.2 miles Welbeck Road, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 5LF Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya 4.4 miles McEvoy Street, Bolton, BL1 8LX Inspected: 25 April 2024 Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Baynes Street, Bayne Street, Darwen, BB3 3NH The Valley Family Hub Link Site 4.4 miles Chalfont Street, Bolton, BL1 8JS Inspected: 08 December 2011 Canon Slade School Secondary 4.5 miles Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, Bolton, BL2 3BP Clevelands Prep School 4.5 miles Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 5DH Millfields Children's Centre 4.5 miles School Lane, Brinscall, Chorley, PR6 8PT St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton Primary 4.5 miles Rothwell Road, Anderton, Chorley, PR6 9LZ St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary 4.6 miles Haldane Road, Darwen, BB3 0AA Earcroft Children's Centre 4.6 miles Veronica Street, off Blackburn Road, Darwen, BB3 0AF Inspected: 21 December 2012 Bolton School Boys' Division 4.7 miles Back Park Road, Bolton, BL1 4PA Bolton School Girls' Division 4.7 miles Back Park Road, Bolton, BL1 4PB Bolton School Infant & Nursery School 4.7 miles Back Park Road, Bolton, BL1 4PA Inspected: 27 November 2023 The Olive School, Bolton Primary 4.7 miles Waterloo Street, Waterloo Street, Bolton, BL1 8HT Inspected: 01 April 2025 Gaskell Community Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Wentbridge Road, Bolton, BL1 2QG Lostock Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Glengarth Drive, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4PS Park School Teaching Service 4.8 miles Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4QR Library Children's Centre 4.9 miles Grove Farm Drive, Railway Road, Adlington, PR6 9RG