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Birtenshaw School Bolton
All-through · Mixed · Ages 3–19 · Non-maintained special school
Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton BL7 9AB · birtenshaw.org.uk · 01204 304230
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 137
- 98% of 140 places
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.4%
- First language not English
- 14.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 1 families put the school first and 1 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Results
GCSE results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | n/a | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | n/a | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | n/a | 64.8% |
| Entered for EBacc | n/a | 40.5% |
| EBacc average points | n/a | 4.09 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Other education | 100 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Birtenshaw School Bolton was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 17 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2013
Other inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2024Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 11
- 11% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 9% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (100%) with SEND