Graded inspection · Sep 2024 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 | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry230 applications · 117 places offered · 91 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2025 1.7; Bolton median median 2.2
- 2024 1.7; Bolton median median 2.3
- 2023 1.9; Bolton median median 2.3
- 2022 1.5; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2021 1.3; 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 | 117 | 230 | 2.0 | 91 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2025 | 119 | 200 | 1.7 | 67 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2024 | 119 | 206 | 1.7 | 79 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2023 | 129 | 243 | 1.9 | 80 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2022 | 123 | 186 | 1.5 | 62 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2021 | 114 | 142 | 1.3 | 44 | 0.39 |
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.) | 120 | 41.4 | 38% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 91 | 36.7 | 31% | 41% | – |
| 2023/24 | 30 | 35.2 | 30% | 50% | −0.98 |
| 2022/23 | 51 | 33.7 | 28% | 53% | −0.87 |
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
- University Collegiate SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · BoltonGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Bolton20262.9applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · BoltonGood20232.5applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · BoltonRemains Outstanding20233.0applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BoltonRequires improvement20232.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · BoltonGood20222.3applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Bolton20261.5applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · BoltonGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 43.0Attainment 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
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141941 · 350/4002
- Capacity
- 840 pupils · 683 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Address
- 85 Deane Road, The Stoller Building, Bolton, BL3 5AG
- Local authority
- Bolton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources