Kearsley Academy
Secondary schoolKearsley Academy is a secondary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 768 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 7 July 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- 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
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 EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Kearsley Academy was 51.1, against 45.2 in Bolton and 46.2 in England.
65.9% 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 | 51.1 | 45.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65.9% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77.8% | 63.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 135 | – | – |
- 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- Woodbridge CollegeSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file210 m
- Kearsley West Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)480 m
- St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care CentreNursery. School remains Outstanding, March 2024980 m
- St John Church of England Primary School, FarnworthPrimary. Good (overall), June 2022, before the school changed1.1 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.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).