Smithills School
Smithills Dean Road, Bolton, BL1 6JS
Local ranking15th of 22 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1250
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 36.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 20.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 32.1%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3
- Cohort Size
- 234
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1201
- Boys
- 585 (49%)
- Girls
- 616 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1250 (96% full)
- SEND
- 14.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.4%
- EAL
- 58.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,392/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.2%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 35.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 32.7%
- Asian Indian: 8.2%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Other: 4.8%
- Asian Other: 4.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
35.5%
White British
32.7%
Asian Pakistani
8.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140500
- UKPRN
- 10044502
- Establishment No.
- 4049
- Trust
- THE BOLTON IMPACT TRUST