Bolton School Girls' Division
Other independent school · Girls · Bolton
Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4PB
81
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
1,057
Capacity used
Has space82%
1,290 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
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lynne Kyle
- Address
- Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4PB
- Phone
- 01204840201
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Ward / constituency
- Queens Park & Central · Bolton North East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105272
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 6% | — | — |
1,057 pupils · 1,290 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).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 56.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.38 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 40.55 | — | — |
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 | 55.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.23 | 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 | 40.08 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 18.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 97 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 129 | 53% | 92% | 98% | |
| English Literature | 126 | 50% | 92% | 99% | |
| Geography | 80 | 60% | 89% | 96% | |
| Biology | 78 | 64% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 78 | 68% | 97% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 78 | 82% | 100% | 100% | |
| Business | 77 | 66% | 91% | 96% | |
| Religious Studies | 56 | 54% | 84% | 96% | |
| Spanish | 52 | 48% | 88% | 98% | |
| Combined Science | 51 | 18% | 78% | 96% | |
| History | 49 | 73% | 92% | 98% | |
| Design & Technology | 39 | 64% | 87% | 95% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 37 | 3% | 35% | 59% | |
| Psychology | 34 | 9% | 29% | 65% | |
| Biology | 33 | 9% | 33% | 67% | |
| Mathematics | 29 | 10% | 41% | 62% | |
| Economics | 14 | 14% | 50% | 86% | |
| Government and Politics | 14 | 7% | 50% | 64% | |
| Geography | 13 | 15% | 54% | 69% | |
| Business Studies | 10 | 0% | 40% | 80% | |
| English Literature | 10 | 20% | 40% | 80% | |
| English Language | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| History | 8 | 13% | 38% | 63% | |
| Physics | 8 | 0% | 25% | 63% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11425: Bolton School Girls' Division
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 7 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
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.