# Little Lever School

Little 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.

Secondary school. Code E142296. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,085
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 142296

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report 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
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 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Bowness Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bowness-primary-school-e142030): 70 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-teresas-rc-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151261): 420 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2021, before the school changed
- [St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-matthews-cofe-primary-school-little-lever-e105242): 560 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Mytham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mytham-primary-school-e105190): 990 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lake House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lake-house-school-e152625): 1.1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [All Saints CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-cofe-primary-school-e105238): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 66% 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/142296)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142296)

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