Schools near BL2 5PL
Primary and secondary schools serving BL2 5PL, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Neighbourhood
- Ainsworth & Bradley Fold
- Council
- Bury
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,342 (2024)
Schools near BL2 5PL
6 schools within 1 mile of BL2 5PL: 3 primary, 1 secondary and 2 other, including 1 independent. 80% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. The 5 that publish a capacity are 98% full overall, and 2 have more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Good66.7%
- Needs improvement16.7%
- Not rated16.7%
The nearest schools
- Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith schoolGood0.3 miles · January 2022
- Red Lane Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 475 pupils · 113% fullGood0.8 miles · July 2019
- Harwood Meadows Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 224 pupils · 95% fullGood0.9 miles · April 2026
- Firwood High SchoolOther · ages 11–19 · 261 pupils · 174% fullGood0.9 miles · March 2023
- Breightmet SchoolOther · ages 5–18 · Independent · 18 pupils · 22% fullNot rated0.9 miles
- Bolton St Catherine's AcademyAll-through · ages 2–16 · Faith school · 1,003 pupils · 89% fullNeeds improvement1 mile · May 2016
Ofsted replaced single overall grades with report cards in November 2025. The rating shown here reflects each school’s latest inspection: its new report card where it has one, or its most recent graded inspection otherwise. Check the inspection date beside each school.
Occupancy compares pupils on roll with published school capacity. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information About Schools), Ofsted, and the Welsh and Scottish school registers. Open Government Licence v3.0.