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Birtenshaw School Bolton

URN
105280
Phase
Not applicable
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Birtenshaw School Bolton
URN
105280
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

65 / 100

Good

Academic Outcomes

—

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

Safety information unavailable.

Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.
  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
19 January 2023
Inspection date
18 November 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 19 January 2023

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bolton
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Bolton)
School website
www.birtenshaw.org.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bolton to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

Not published

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

Not published

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

Not published

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

Not published

EBacc achievement

Location

BL7 9AB - Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire

Contact details

Address
Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire
Postcode
BL7 9AB
Phone
1204304230
Website
www.birtenshaw.org.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bolton
Local authority code
350

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 252 schools in Bolton.

Authority statistics

Total schools

252

Open schools

147

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

151

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
19 January 202318 November 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 19 January 2023
  • School remains Good

    Published
    19 January 2023
    Inspected
    18 November 2022
    Type
    -
    Report
    View report

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

EBacc achievement

Not published

Key stage 4 destinations

Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

Education destination

Education %

Not published

Employment destination

Employment %

Not published

Apprenticeship destination

Apprenticeships %

Not published

Not in education, employment or training

NEET %

Not published

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

Secondary schools

34

Special schools

0

Phase distribution

  • Primary151 (61.4%)
  • Secondary34 (13.8%)
  • Special0 (0.0%)
  • Other61 (24.8%)

Nearby schools

School nameDistancePhaseStatus
Turton School452 mSecondaryOpen
Sharples Primary School678 mPrimaryOpen
Sharples School Science Specialist College754 mSecondaryClosed
Sharples School754 mSecondaryOpen
Eagley Junior School777 mPrimaryClosed
Eagley Junior School777 mPrimaryOpen
The Oaks Primary School794 mPrimaryOpen
Eagley Infant School974 mPrimaryOpen
Eagley Infant School974 mPrimaryClosed
Newfields School987 mNot applicableClosed
  • Turton School
    Distance
    452 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Sharples Primary School
    Distance
    678 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Sharples School Science Specialist College
    Distance
    754 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Sharples School
    Distance
    754 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open

Similar schools

Same phase (Not applicable) and local authority (Bolton)

School namePhasePostcodeStatus
A.CofE ProjectNot applicableBL1 4TGClosed
Al Jamiah Al IslamiyyahNot applicableBL3 4HEOpen
Al-Huda Primary SchoolNot applicableBL1 3EHOpen
Base CampNot applicableBL1 2PFClosed
Birtenshaw CollegeNot applicableBL3 2RROpen
  • A.CofE Project
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    BL1 4TG
    Status
    Closed
  • Al Jamiah Al Islamiyyah
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    BL3 4HE
    Status
    Open
  • Al-Huda Primary School
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    BL1 3EH
    Status
    Open
  • Base Camp
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    BL1 2PF
    Status
    Closed
  • Birtenshaw College
Eagley Junior School
Distance
777 m
Phase
Primary
Status
Closed
  • Eagley Junior School
    Distance
    777 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • The Oaks Primary School
    Distance
    794 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Eagley Infant School
    Distance
    974 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Eagley Infant School
    Distance
    974 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Newfields School
    Distance
    987 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    BL3 2RR
    Status
    Open