Firwood High School
Special schoolFirwood High School is a special school in Bolton, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 261 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 8 March 2023
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd 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 | 31 | – | – |
- Firwood High School 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
In a straight line- Bolton St Catherine's AcademyAll-through. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 34% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)210 m
- Harwood Meadows Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- Red Lane Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Hardy Mill Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, BoltonPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Park School Teaching ServicePupil referral and alternative provision. Standards maintained, November 20241.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bolton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).