Sharples School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B74
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bolton, BL1 8SN
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Canon Slade School
Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, Bolton, BL2 3BP
Local ranking6th of 20 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1800
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 15 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 15 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 63.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 289
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
38.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
112
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 23.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 36.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 259
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1747
- Boys
- 863 (50%)
- Girls
- 861 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1800 (96% full)
- SEND
- 9.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.8%
- EAL
- 10.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 7.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 102.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,916/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
- 6.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.3%
- Black African: 12.3%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Asian Chinese: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
70.3%
White British
12.3%
Black African
2.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bradshaw Brow
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 144044
- UKPRN
- 10064723
- Establishment No.
- 5401
- Trust
- THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST
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