Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Bolton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 2 November 2022Graded inspection: Good
- 30 September 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry518 applications · 230 places offered · 211 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2025 2.3; Bolton median median 2.2
- 2024 2.4; Bolton median median 2.3
- 2023 2.1; Bolton median median 2.3
- 2022 2.2; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2021 2.4; Bolton median median 2.2
- 2020 2.7; Bolton median median 2.3
- 2019 3.1; Bolton median median 2.3
- 2018 2.8; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2017 2.9; Bolton median median 1.9
- 2016 2.5; Bolton median median 1.8
- 2015 2.5; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2014 2.4; Bolton median median 2.2
- This school
- Bolton median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 230 | 518 | 2.3 | 211 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 233 | 526 | 2.3 | 207 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 230 | 553 | 2.4 | 239 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2023 | 236 | 486 | 2.1 | 177 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2022 | 210 | 463 | 2.2 | 151 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2021 | 202 | 474 | 2.4 | 138 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2020 | 208 | 569 | 2.7 | 173 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 210 | 641 | 3.1 | 236 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2018 | 209 | 589 | 2.8 | 204 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 179 | 510 | 2.9 | 171 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 176 | 444 | 2.5 | 150 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 | 179 | 446 | 2.5 | 178 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 178 | 424 | 2.4 | 155 | 0.87 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 202 | 45.8 | 39% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 211 | 41.7 | 33% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 208 | 42.6 | 40% | 59% | −0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 211 | 44.3 | 36% | 58% | −0.20 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ladybridge High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.3applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Bolton20262.9applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BoltonGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · BoltonGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · BoltonGood20232.5applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · BoltonRequires significant improvement 20261.4applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · BoltonRequires improvement20232.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Bolton20261.5applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · BoltonRemains Outstanding20233.0applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 134646 · 350/4805
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,140 pupils · 1,136 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2004
- Replaced
- The Deane School (URN 105255)
- Address
- New York, Junction Road, Deane, Bolton, BL3 4NG
- Local authority
- Bolton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources