Little Lever School
Secondary schoolLittle Lever School is a secondary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,085 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 19 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected 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 Little Lever School was 45.8, against 45.2 in Bolton and 46.2 in England.
56.7% 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 | 45.8 | 45.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56.7% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69.7% | 63.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 208 | – | – |
- 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- Bowness Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)70 m
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), October 2021, before the school changed420 m
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little LeverPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Mytham Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
- Lake House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.1 km
- All Saints CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 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).