Thornleigh Salesian College
Sharples Park, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6PQ
Local ranking12th of 22 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.4%
- Entering EBacc
- 27.0%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9
- 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
37.2
Best 3 A-Levels
90
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.5%
- 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%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.0%
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
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- White British: 69.6%
- White Other: 7.0%
- Other: 7.0%
- Asian Indian: 4.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
69.6%
White British
7.0%
White Other
7.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 105264
- UKPRN
- 10006897
- Establishment No.
- 4612