Graded inspection · Oct 2023 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 |
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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 entry444 applications · 176 places offered · 129 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2025 2.6; Bolton median median 2.2
- 2024 3.2; Bolton median median 2.3
- 2023 2.6; Bolton median median 2.3
- 2022 3.0; Bolton median median 2.1
- 2021 2.9; Bolton median median 2.2
- 2020 2.4; Bolton median median 2.3
- 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 | 176 | 444 | 2.5 | 129 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2025 | 186 | 487 | 2.6 | 156 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 176 | 560 | 3.2 | 174 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 190 | 494 | 2.6 | 160 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 178 | 539 | 3.0 | 182 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 179 | 516 | 2.9 | 183 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 179 | 429 | 2.4 | 158 | 0.88 |
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.) | 179 | 49.0 | 51% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 175 | 45.4 | 43% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 166 | 47.0 | 54% | 65% | +0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- King's Leadership Academy BoltonThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.5applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · Bolton20262.9applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · BoltonRequires improvement20232.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · BoltonGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · BoltonGood20223.7applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · BoltonGood20231.5applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · BoltonGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · BoltonGood20222.3applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Salford20261.6applications per place
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147077 · 350/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 910 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- Freshfield Avenue, Bolton, BL3 3HL
- Local authority
- Bolton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources