# Sharples School

Sharples School is a secondary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,214 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E142232. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,214
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 142232

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Improved significantly, January 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Improved significantly, 8 January 2025
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 Sharples School was 56.5, against 45.2 in Bolton and 46.2 in England.
73.2% 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 | 56.5 | 45.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 73.2% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86.1% | 63.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 231 | – | – |

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.

- [Sharples Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sharples-primary-school-e105162): 180 m. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Oaks Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-oaks-primary-school-e105176): 310 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [High Lawn Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/high-lawn-primary-school-e105156): 660 m. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Birtenshaw School Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birtenshaw-school-bolton-e105280): 750 m. Special. School remains Good, November 2022
- [Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-infant-and-st-anthony-rc-primary-school-e105219): 980 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-astley-bridge-e138851): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 79% 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/142232)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142232)

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