# Essa Academy

Essa Academy is a secondary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,055 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E135770. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,055
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 135770

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 20 January 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
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).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Essa Academy was 48.9, against 45.2 in Bolton and 46.2 in England.
54.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Bolton | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 48.9 | 45.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54.4% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70.6% | 63.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 204 | – | – |

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.

- [Essa Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/essa-primary-academy-e140973): 50 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Thomasson Memorial School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thomasson-memorial-school-e105276): 100 m. Special. School remains Good, March 2024
- [Raise Education and Wellbeing School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/raise-education-and-wellbeing-school-e143026): 340 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [King's Leadership Academy Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-leadership-academy-bolton-e147077): 450 m. Secondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Bede Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-bede-academy-e136889): 460 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lever Edge Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lever-edge-primary-academy-e136395): 590 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/135770)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/135770)

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