Bolton schools and admissions data

Bolton Borough Council has 111 primary schools and 38 secondary schools. 7% of Bolton's schools are private schools. 51 state schools in Bolton follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 79 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Bolton

  1. Outstanding 27
  2. Good 83
  3. Requires Improvement 8
  4. Inadequate 4

Most popular state schools
in Bolton in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Moorgate Primary School

    Community school • Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Markland Hill Primary School

    Community school • Heaton, Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Eatock Primary School

    Community school • Daisy Hill, Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Lostock Primary School

    Community school • Lostock, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Claypool Primary School

    Community school • Horwich, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    The Olive School, Bolton

    Free schools • Waterloo Street, Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Beaumont Primary School

    Community school • Ladybridge, BOLTON

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    The Oaks Primary School

    Community school • Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, Bolton

    Voluntary aided school • Harwood, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    St Peter's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Farnworth, Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton

    Free schools • Daubhill, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    St Thomas CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Westhoughton, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Heathfield Primary School

    Community school • Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Westhoughton, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Prestolee Primary School

    Academy converter • Stoneclough, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  16. 16

    Sunning Hill Primary School

    Community school • Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  17. 17

    Mytham Primary School

    Community school • Little Lever, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge

    Academy converter • Astley Bridge, Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    St Thomas of Canterbury RC School

    Voluntary aided school • Heaton, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Egerton Primary School

    Community school • Egerton, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Eden Boys' School, Bolton

    Free schools • Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Bolton Muslim Girls School

    Academy converter • Bolton

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  3. 3

    St James's Church of England High School

    Academy converter • Farnworth, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Canon Slade School

    Academy converter • Bradshaw, Bolton

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Sharples School

    Academy converter • Sharples, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Little Lever School

    Academy converter • Little Lever, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Thornleigh Salesian College

    Voluntary aided school • Astley Bridge, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Mount St Joseph

    Voluntary aided school • Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Westhoughton High School

    Community school • Westhoughton, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Turton School

    Community school • Bromley Cross, Bolton

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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