Bolton School Boys' Division
Other independent school · Boys · Bolton
Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4PA
74
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,131
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
1,180 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 7–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Nic Ford
- Address
- Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4PA
- Phone
- 01204840201
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Ward / constituency
- Queens Park & Central · Bolton North East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105271
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
1,131 pupils · 1,180 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 52.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.89 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.72 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 34.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.05 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 131 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 40.36 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 34% | 17% |
| A-level students | 101 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 89 | 46% | 99% | 100% | |
| Physics | 89 | 60% | 99% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 89 | 54% | 98% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 49 | 41% | 78% | 92% | |
| French | 44 | 50% | 84% | 91% | |
| Physical Education | 44 | 23% | 77% | 91% | |
| Combined Science | 42 | 7% | 79% | 95% | |
| Other Sciences | 39 | 72% | 90% | 95% | |
| German | 38 | 42% | 87% | 95% | |
| Spanish | 38 | 24% | 58% | 76% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 37 | 16% | 65% | 81% | |
| Religious Studies | 33 | 39% | 85% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 51 | 20% | 45% | 73% | |
| Chemistry | 31 | 6% | 35% | 48% | |
| Biology | 29 | 3% | 28% | 59% | |
| Physics | 23 | 4% | 17% | 48% | |
| Psychology | 23 | 4% | 22% | 65% | |
| Economics | 18 | 17% | 56% | 100% | |
| Business Studies | 18 | 11% | 44% | 78% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 13 | 46% | 62% | 85% | |
| Computer Science | 11 | 9% | 45% | 55% | |
| History | 10 | 0% | 70% | 90% | |
| Geography | 10 | 10% | 40% | 90% | |
| Government and Politics | 7 | 0% | 86% | 100% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11424: Bolton School Boys' Division
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.