Thornleigh Salesian College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bolton, BL1 6PQ
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Eden Boys' School, Bolton
Wolfenden Street, Bolton, BL1 3QE
Local ranking2nd of 20 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 4 July 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 57.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 74.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 87.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 123
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 623
- Boys
- 621 (100%)
- Capacity
- 800 (78% full)
- SEND
- 13.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.4%
- EAL
- 68.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 9.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,791/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Muslim
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 36.9%
- Asian Indian: 33.5%
- Black African: 14.1%
- Asian Other: 5.1%
- Other: 3.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.6%
- Black Other: 1.0%
36.9%
Asian Pakistani
33.5%
Asian Indian
14.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wolfenden Street
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 140959
- UKPRN
- 10046894
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
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