Schools in Bolton[1]

Local authority district E08000001 · 140 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 177 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 77 (44%)[4]
second 20%: 31 (18%)[4]
middle 20%: 23 (13%)[4]
fourth 20%: 20 (11%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 26 (15%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	41%[4]	19%[4]	14%[4]	11%[4]	16%[4]
Employment	42%[4]	20%[4]	16%[4]	11%[4]	11%[4]
Education and skills	34%[4]	19%[4]	18%[4]	12%[4]	18%[4]
Health and disability	41%[4]	24%[4]	18%[4]	12%[4]	5%[4]
Crime	46%[4]	20%[4]	15%[4]	13%[4]	5%[4]
Housing and services	10%[4]	19%[4]	31%[4]	29%[4]	12%[4]
Living environment	26%[4]	26%[4]	21%[4]	19%[4]	8%[4]
Children in low-income families	38%[4]	20%[4]	14%[4]	11%[4]	17%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 61.5% of 118,787 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 27.4% of 232,317 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 9.3% of 232,298 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (19)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bolton Muslim Girls School	11–16[2]	A8 56 2025/26[8]
Bolton St Catherine's Academy	2–16[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8] KS2 34% 2024/25[9]
Canon Slade School	11–18[2]	A8 54 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[10]
Eden Boys' School, Bolton	11–18[2]	A8 57 2025/26[8]
Essa Academy	11–16[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8]
Harper Green School	11–16[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8]
Kearsley Academy	11–16[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8]
King's Leadership Academy Bolton	11–16[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8]
Ladybridge High School	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]
Little Lever School	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Sharples School	11–16[2]	A8 56 2025/26[8]
Smithills School	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8]
St James's Church of England High School	11–16[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8]
St Joseph's RC High School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Thornleigh Salesian College	11–18[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[10]
Turton School	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[10]
University Collegiate School	11–19[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2023/24[11]
Westhoughton High School	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (97)

School	Ages	Headline results
All Saints CofE Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
Beacon Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[9]
Beaumont Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[9]
Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[9]
Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[9]
Blackrod Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[9]
Blackshaw Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]
Bowness Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[9]
Brandwood Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[9]
Brownlow Fold Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
Castle Hill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Cherry Tree Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[9]
Chorley New Road Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[9]
Church Road Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[9]
Clarendon Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Claypool Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 34% 2024/25[9]
Devonshire Road Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[9]
Eagley Infant School	2–7[2]
Eagley Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[9]
Eatock Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[9]
Egerton Community Primary School	5–11[2]
Essa Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
Gaskell Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
Gilnow Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
Hardy Mill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
Harwood Meadows Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[9]
Haslam Park Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[9]
Heathfield Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[9]
High Lawn Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[9]
Highfield Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[9]
Horwich Parish CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[9]
Johnson Fold Community Primary School	2–11[2]
Kearsley West Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[9]
Ladybridge Community Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
Lever Edge Primary Academy	1–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Leverhulme Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[9]
Lostock Primary School	4–11[2]
Markland Hill Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[9]
Masefield Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[9]
Moorgate Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Mytham Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[9]
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
Oxford Grove Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[9]
Pikes Lane Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[9]
Prestolee Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[9]
Queensbridge Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[9]
Red Lane Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[9]
Sharples Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
Spindle Point Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[9]
SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[9]
Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton	2–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[9]
St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton	4–11[2]	KS2 90% 2024/25[9]
St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
St Bede Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 49% 2024/25[9]
St Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[9]
St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, Bolton	4–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[9]
St Catherine's CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[9]
St Columba's RC Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[9]
St George's CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[9]
St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[9]
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill	3–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[9]
St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth	2–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
St John Church of England Primary School, Farnworth	5–11[2]
St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton	5–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[9]
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[9]
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Deane	2–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
St Mary's RC Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[9]
St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton	3–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[9]
St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever	5–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[9]
St Maxentius CofE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[9]
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great Lever	2–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[9]
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge	2–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy	3–11[2]
St Peter's CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[9]
St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[9]
St Saviour CofE Primary School, Ringley	5–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever Bridge	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[9]
St Stephen's CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy	4–11[2]
St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[9]
St Thomas CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[9]
St Thomas of Canterbury RC School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[9]
St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[9]
Sunning Hill Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[9]
The Ferns Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[9]
The Gates Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[9]
The Oaks Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
The Olive School, Bolton	4–11[2]	KS2 95% 2024/25[9]
The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[9]
The Valley Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[9]
Tonge Moor Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[9]
Walmsley CofE Primary School	4–11[2]
Woodland Primary Academy	5–11[2]

Independent schools (9)

School	Ages	Headline results
Al Jamiah Al Islamiyyah	11–25[2]
Al-Huda Primary School	2–11[2]
Bolton Islamic Girls School	11–16[2]
Bolton School Boys' Division	7–18[2]	AL B 2024/25[10]
Bolton School Girls' Division	7–18[2]	AL B 2024/25[10]
Bolton School Infant & Nursery School	0–7[2]
Clevelands Prep School	2–11[2]
Lord's School	11–18[2]
Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya	11–19[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (13)

School	Ages	Headline results
Birtenshaw School Bolton	3–19[2]
Breightmet School	5–18[2]
EdStart Schools Bolton	11–16[2]
Firwood High School	11–19[2]
Forwards Centre	5–11[2]
Green Fold School	4–11[2]
Ladywood School	4–11[2]
Lever Park School	11–16[2]
Park School Teaching Service	11–16[2]
Raise Education and Wellbeing School	11–19[2]
Rumworth School	11–19[2]
Thomasson Memorial School	2–16[2]
Youth Challenge Pru	11–16[2]

Nursery schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care Centre	2–4[2]
The Orchards Nursery School	2–4[2]

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