Forwards Centre
Pupil referral and alternative provision schoolForwards Centre is a pupil referral and alternative provision school in Bolton, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 48 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 3 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
The Department for Education publishes no KS2 or KS4 results for this school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Park School Teaching ServicePupil referral and alternative provision. Standards maintained, November 202440 m
- Leverhulme Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- Breightmet SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file450 m
- Red Lane Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)680 m
- SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Moorgate Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding, April 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 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.