Turton School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bolton, BL7 9LT
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Sharples School
Hill Cot Road, Sharples, Bolton, BL1 8SN
Local ranking3rd of 20 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1080
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 55.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 29.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 247
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1218
- Boys
- 534 (44%)
- Girls
- 684 (56%)
- Capacity
- 1080 (113% full)
- SEND
- 12.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.3%
- EAL
- 33.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 9.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,722/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.4% nat15.8%
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: 33.3%
- Asian Indian: 32.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 15.2%
- Black African: 5.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.3%
- Asian Chinese: 2.0%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
33.3%
White British
32.5%
Asian Indian
15.2%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hill Cot Road
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 142232
- UKPRN
- 10053883
- Establishment No.
- 4048
- Trust
- SHARPLES SCHOOL A MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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