St George's Avenue, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire BL5 2ER
10 reasons to choose Eatock Primary School
Top line
Eatock Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Bolton and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Eatock Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. It is one of the 10 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Bolton LEA.
Average class size
Eatock Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 31 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Eatock Primary School ranks in the top 21% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 13% of schools.
The Eatock Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Learning Outside the Classroom across the curriculum and for all year groups, and a residential trip for Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for Learning Outside the Classroom.
Sport at Eatock Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Eatock Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Eatock Primary School
Clevelands Preparatory School (4.9 miles); Bolton School Junior Girls’ (5.8 miles); Bolton School Junior Boys’ (5.8 miles).
Bolton School Girls’ Division (5.8 miles); Bolton School Boys’ Division (5.8 miles); Lord’s Independent School (6.3 miles).
Fred Longworth High School (3.9 miles); St Joseph’s RC High School and Sports College (4.7 miles); Bolton Muslim Girls School (5.1 miles).