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Bolder Academy

URN
145866
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Bolder Academy
URN
145866
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

66 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

58

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

52

Destinations

53

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#12 of 17 schools in Hounslow

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

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: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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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.

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
31 January 2023
Inspection date
7 December 2022
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 31 January 2023

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 31 January 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

173

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

537

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

173

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.1×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Hounslow
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Hounslow)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.bolderacademy.co.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Hounslow 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

45.6

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

40.8%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

61.5%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

45.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

TW7 5DB - 1 Macfarlane Lane, Isleworth

Contact details

Address
1 Macfarlane Lane, Isleworth
Postcode
TW7 5DB
Phone
2039630806
Website
www.bolderacademy.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Hounslow
Local authority code
313

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 166 schools in Hounslow.

Authority statistics

Total schools

166

Open schools

90

Closed schools

76

Primary schools

93

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.

  • 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.
  • Good

    Graded 31 January 2023

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 31 January 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 31 January 2023

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    Inspection history

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

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    31 January 20237 December 2022S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 31 January 2023
    • Good

      Published
      31 January 2023
      Inspected
      7 December 2022
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

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

    Offer rate

    32.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 126

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    18.9%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    37.1

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.05

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    15.4%

    Retention

    Retention %

    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 %

    92.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    1.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    6.0%

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

    Secondary schools

    30

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary93 (56.0%)
    • Secondary30 (18.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other43 (25.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Nishkam School West London428 mAll-throughOpen
    New Level Academy1.0 kmNot applicableOpen
    Marlborough Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    The Green School for Girls1.1 kmSecondaryOpen
    The Green School1.1 kmSecondaryClosed
    Isleworth and Syon School for Boys1.1 kmSecondaryOpen
    Isleworth and Syon School for Boys1.1 kmSecondaryClosed
    The Woodbridge Park Education Service1.2 kmNot applicableOpen
    Our Lady and St John's Catholic Primary School1.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    Hounslow PRU (Medical Needs)1.2 kmNot applicableClosed
    • Nishkam School West London
      Distance
      428 m
      Phase
      All-through
      Status
      Open
    • New Level Academy
      Distance
      1.0 km
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Marlborough Primary School
      Distance
      1.1 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • The Green School for Girls
      Distance
      1.1 km
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Hounslow)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Brentford School for GirlsSecondaryTW8 0PGClosed
    Brentford School for GirlsSecondaryTW8 0PGOpen
    Chiswick Community SchoolSecondaryW4 3UNClosed
    Chiswick SchoolSecondaryW4 3UNOpen
    Cranford Community CollegeSecondaryTW5 9PDClosed
    • Brentford School for Girls
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TW8 0PG
      Status
      Closed
    • Brentford School for Girls
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TW8 0PG
      Status
      Open
    • Chiswick Community School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      W4 3UN
      Status
      Closed
    • Chiswick School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      W4 3UN
      Status
      Open
    • Cranford Community College
    The Green School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Isleworth and Syon School for Boys
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Isleworth and Syon School for Boys
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • The Woodbridge Park Education Service
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Our Lady and St John's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Hounslow PRU (Medical Needs)
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    TW5 9PD
    Status
    Closed