# Birtenshaw School Bolton

Birtenshaw School Bolton is a special school in Bolton, for pupils aged 3 to 19.

It had 137 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E105280. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Non-maintained special school
- Ages: 3 to 19
- Pupils: 137
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 105280

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, November 2022
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 18 November 2022
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).


### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Bolton | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 45.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 63.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 10 | – | – |

Birtenshaw School Bolton teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Turton School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/turton-school-e105253): 450 m. Secondary. Good (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 44.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Sharples Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sharples-primary-school-e105162): 680 m. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sharples School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sharples-school-e142232): 750 m. Secondary. Improved significantly, January 2025. Attainment 8 of 56.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Eagley Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eagley-junior-school-e138152): 780 m. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Oaks Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-oaks-primary-school-e105176): 790 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Eagley Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eagley-infant-school-e138011): 970 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/105280)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105280)

## How to cite

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