Smithills School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bolton, BL1 6JS
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Thornleigh Salesian College
Sharples Park, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6PQ
Local ranking15th of 20 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 22 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 27.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 263
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Higher education
- 36.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
90
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 225
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1576
- Boys
- 768 (49%)
- Girls
- 808 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (96% full)
- SEND
- 15.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.6%
- EAL
- 9.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 12.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 107.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,363/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 72.2%
- White Other: 7.3%
- Asian Indian: 4.9%
- Black African: 4.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Other: 1.2%
72.2%
White British
7.3%
White Other
4.9%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Sharples Park
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105264
- UKPRN
- 10006897
- Establishment No.
- 4612
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