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After offer day in Bolton

The dates we hold for replies, appeals and waiting lists in Bolton, for Reception and Year 7, and what happened at each school last year.

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Accept the offerAccept by the reply date on your offer, even if you want a school you ranked higher: you keep your place while you wait.About 30 April 2027
Join waiting listsLists go by each school's admission rules, not by when you joined. Kept until at least 31 December.Until at least 31 December 2026
AppealAt least 20 school days from the refusal to lodge it; heard within 40 school days of the deadline.By 17 May 2027
No school you named?The council offers another school with a place, usually the nearest. You can still join waiting lists and appeal.Call the council

Rules checked 19 October 2026 against the current codes on gov.uk

The dates

From the council: Bolton's school admissions page.

Reception, September 2026 entry

DateWhatWhat to doSource
31 December 2026Reception: waiting lists kept untilWaiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one.School Admissions Code 2.15

Reception, September 2027 entry

DateWhatWhat to doSource
29 January 2027Reception: late applications cut-off
Late applications may not be accepted as on time after 29 Jan 2027; scheme document is marked 'proposed'		The last day the council takes a late application before offer day, usually only with a good reason.Bolton council
16 April 2027Primary offer day
Offer day; email from 8am		Offers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered.Bolton council
30 April 2027Reception: reply to your offer (about)Accept or decline the place you were offered, and ask to stay on the waiting list for schools you ranked higher.Usual practice: about two weeks; your offer letter gives the date
17 May 2027Reception: appeal deadline
Reception appeals deadline; the appeals page prints the year as 2026 (typo)		If you want to appeal for a school you were refused, lodge the appeal with the school's admission authority by this date.Bolton council
31 December 2027Reception: waiting lists kept untilWaiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one.School Admissions Code 2.15

Year 7, September 2026 entry

DateWhatWhat to doSource
31 December 2026Year 7: waiting lists kept untilWaiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one.School Admissions Code 2.15

Year 7, September 2027 entry

DateWhatWhat to doSource
16 November 2026Year 7: late applications cut-off
Late applications may not be accepted as on time after 16 Nov 2026 (when application data is exchanged with other LAs); scheme document is marked 'proposed'		The last day the council takes a late application before offer day, usually only with a good reason.Bolton council
1 March 2027Secondary offer day
Offer day; email from 8am		Offers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered.Bolton council
15 March 2027Year 7: reply to your offer (about)Accept or decline the place you were offered, and ask to stay on the waiting list for schools you ranked higher.Usual practice: about two weeks; your offer letter gives the date
29 March 2027Year 7: appeal deadline
Deadline for secondary school appeals for September 2027 intake		If you want to appeal for a school you were refused, lodge the appeal with the school's admission authority by this date.Bolton council
31 December 2027Year 7: waiting lists kept untilWaiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one.School Admissions Code 2.15

How each step works, and the national rules: After offer day.

What happened at each school last year

The published figures from last year's offers. They describe what happened then, school by school. They are not a forecast, and they say nothing about any one family's case. Waiting lists are kept in the order of each school's admission criteria (School Admissions Code 2021, 2.15).

Reception, September 2026 entry

  • DfE's figures cover 95 schools for September 2026 entry. At 51 of them, every family who put the school first was offered a place there. At 44, some families who put the school first were not offered it.
Every school (95)
SchoolPlaces offeredPut it firstPut it first, not offered itApplicants refused
All Saints CofE Primary School30356not held
Beacon Primary School21180not held
Beaumont Primary School305626not held
Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School45400not held
Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School29358not held
Blackrod Primary School45444not held
Blackshaw Primary School28293not held
Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School304011not held
Bolton St Catherine's Academy28180not held
Bowness Primary School20204not held
Brandwood Primary School58530not held
Brownlow Fold Primary School21160not held
Castle Hill Primary School29220not held
Cherry Tree Primary School45400not held
Chorley New Road Primary Academy45486not held
Church Road Primary School59592not held
Clarendon Primary School50450not held
Claypool Primary School30283not held
Devonshire Road Primary School59513not held
Eagley Infant School49460not held
Eatock Primary School30389not held
Essa Primary Academy25200not held
Gaskell Community Primary School58561not held
Gilnow Primary School23180not held
Hardy Mill Primary School42410not held
Harwood Meadows Primary School25230not held
Haslam Park Primary School18140not held
Heathfield Primary School304011not held
High Lawn Primary School45411not held
Highfield Primary School60550not held
Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School30200not held
Horwich Parish CofE Primary School36260not held
Kearsley West Primary School27270not held
Ladybridge Community Primary School46370not held
Lever Edge Primary Academy57520not held
Leverhulme Community Primary School58460not held
Lostock Primary School304112not held
Markland Hill Primary School425311not held
Masefield Primary School296032not held
Moorgate Primary School266438not held
Mytham Primary School30273not held
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School30322not held
Oxford Grove Primary School597117not held
Pikes Lane Primary School54490not held
Prestolee Primary School29283not held
Queensbridge Primary School28325not held
Red Lane Primary School51460not held
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School59575not held
Sharples Primary School24190not held
Spindle Point Primary School30311not held
SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School51410not held
Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton58540not held
St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton30270not held
St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School303910not held
St Bede Academy60561not held
St Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton23190not held
St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, Bolton21210not held
St Catherine's CofE Primary School28230not held
St Columba's RC Primary School30280not held
St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy20170not held
St George's CofE Primary School30335not held
St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy22190not held
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill50400not held
St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth26240not held
St John Church of England Primary School, Farnworth14120not held
St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton1180not held
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton18170not held
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane55440not held
St Mary's RC Primary School29304not held
St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton57360not held
St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever1240not held
St Maxentius CofE Primary School23210not held
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great Lever59550not held
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge30366not held
St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy30270not held
St Peter's CofE Primary School57574not held
St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School30323not held
St Saviour CofE Primary School, Ringley30368not held
St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever Bridge29253not held
St Stephen's CofE Primary School20150not held
St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy18101not held
St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell41350not held
St Thomas CofE Primary School30281not held
St Thomas of Canterbury RC School47360not held
St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School23220not held
Sunning Hill Primary School606810not held
The Ferns Primary Academy46390not held
The Gates Primary School30325not held
The Oaks Primary School30265not held
The Olive School, Bolton6010848not held
The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton606911not held
The Valley Community Primary School606510not held
Tonge Moor Primary Academy59534not held
Walmsley CofE Primary School20190not held
Woodland Primary Academy22160not held

Year 7, September 2026 entry

  • DfE's figures cover 19 schools for September 2026 entry. At 6 of them, every family who put the school first was offered a place there. At 13, some families who put the school first were not offered it.
Every school (19)
SchoolPlaces offeredPut it firstPut it first, not offered itApplicants refused
Bolton Muslim Girls School17722854not held
Bolton St Catherine's Academy1341090not held
Canon Slade School29329424not held
Eden Boys' School, Bolton11619280not held
Essa Academy20022234not held
Harper Green School1981040not held
Kearsley Academy1701460not held
King's Leadership Academy Bolton1761290not held
Ladybridge High School23021116not held
Little Lever School2312162not held
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy1741434not held
Rivington and Blackrod High School27828023not held
Sharples School235344109not held
Smithills School2261270not held
St James's Church of England High School197315122not held
St Joseph's RC High School20521817not held
Thornleigh Salesian College26024114not held
Turton School25925216not held
University Collegiate School117910not held

Places offered and first preferences: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence). "Put it first, not offered it" is DfE's number of first preferences less its number of first-preference offers. Applicants refused: Bolton's own offer-day tables, where we hold them; "not held" means we do not have the figure, not that it was nought.

Moving to Bolton mid-year

Apply to the council, for any school. In-year applications for Bolton schools are made only through the council's Citizen Portal. The page does not mention academies or schools that opt out.

  • Decision: "10 – 15 school days"

From Bolton's own in-year admissions page (not stated on page (apply any time)): read it there before you apply, as arrangements change each year.

How in-year applications work everywhere: Moving mid-year.

Also: All Bolton admission dates · Moving mid-year

Sources

The rules on this page are from these, checked on gov.uk on 19 October 2026. Where a paragraph number is given, it is the paragraph of that code.

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