Park Road Sale Primary SchoolThe Olive School, Bolton

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Park Road Sale Primary School and The Olive School, Bolton are primary schools.

Park Road Sale Primary School scores 87 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and The Olive School, Bolton scores 87 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Our score is the same for each of them on the data available.
Park Road Sale Primary School was judged Outstanding and The Olive School, Bolton was judged Outstanding.
On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 89.0% for Park Road Sale Primary School and 95.0% for The Olive School, Bolton.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Park Road Sale Primary School (82.0% in 2022-23, 89.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at The Olive School, Bolton (92.0% in 2022-23, 95.0% in 2024-25).

Park Road Sale Primary School versus The Olive School, Bolton compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	SalePark Road Sale Primary School	BoltonThe Olive School, Bolton	England average
Overview
Our score	A87/100	A87/100
Local ranking	2nd of 59 in Trafford	1st of 93 in Bolton
Inspection	Ofsted: Outstanding	Ofsted: Outstanding
School type	Academy converter	Free schools
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-11	4-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	464	425
Capacity	420	420
Location	Sale, M33 6HR	Bolton, BL1 8HT
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	89.0%	95.0% Stronger figure	62.0%
At higher standard	26.0%	32.0% Stronger figure	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	112.0 Stronger figure	111.0	106.0
Maths average scaled score	111.0	111.0	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	464	425
Free school meals (ever 6)	1.9%	18.1%
English as an additional language	27.2%	48.7%
SEN support	12.9%	12.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.5%	3.8%
Attendance
Overall absence	2.6% Stronger figure	3.9%	6.2%
Persistent absence	2.1% Stronger figure	6.5%	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.