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Schools in Bolton
This page shows schools ranked on the new measure of their pupils' performance in GCSE-level exams.
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 pupils eligible to take the exams, are not ranked.

Click the name of a school for a page detailing its performance.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on VA for value added scores or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Bolton School Girls' Division (IND, SEL) 99 99 1034 430
Bolton School Boys' Division (IND, SEL) 99 98 NA 412.2
Canon Slade CofE School 81 71 1011.2 372.4
Bolton Muslim Girls' School (IND) 68 64 1032.7 NA
St Joseph's RC High School and Sports College 68 53 988.6 NA
St James's Church of England Secondary School 64 51 1005.2 NA
Turton High School Media Arts College 62 50 992.2 297.3
Thornleigh Salesian College 53 45 971.6 251.6
Mount St Joseph: Business & Enterprise College 48 43 976.1 NA
Rivington and Blackrod High School 52 40 965.2 213.7
Westhoughton High School 47 38 971.8 271.9
Little Lever School Specialist Language College 41 33 968.1 NA
Harper Green School 36 27 994.1 NA
Hayward School 34 27 961.6 NA
Sharples School 36 26 970.4 NA
Smithills School 31 22 960.6 NA
George Tomlinson School 33 21 970.8 NA
Withins School 29 14 917.3 NA
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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