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Schools in Bolton
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • 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
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 Muslim Girls' School (IND) 68 64 1032.7 NA
Canon Slade CofE School 81 71 1011.2 372.4
St James's Church of England Secondary School 64 51 1005.2 NA
Harper Green School 36 27 994.1 NA
Turton High School Media Arts College 62 50 992.2 297.3
St Joseph's RC High School and Sports College 68 53 988.6 NA
Mount St Joseph: Business & Enterprise College 48 43 976.1 NA
Westhoughton High School 47 38 971.8 271.9
Thornleigh Salesian College 53 45 971.6 251.6
George Tomlinson School 33 21 970.8 NA
Sharples School 36 26 970.4 NA
Little Lever School Specialist Language College 41 33 968.1 NA
Rivington and Blackrod High School 52 40 965.2 213.7
Hayward School 34 27 961.6 NA
Smithills School 31 22 960.6 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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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