# Thomasson Memorial School

Thomasson Memorial School is a special school in Bolton, for pupils aged 2 to 16.

It had 80 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E105276. [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 2 to 16
- Pupils: 80
- Council: Bolton
- URN: 105276

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 27 March 2024
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 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Thomasson Memorial School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bolton and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Thomasson Memorial School was 1.4, against 45.2 in Bolton and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Bolton | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Bolton | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 1.4 | 45.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 63.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 9 | – | – |

Thomasson Memorial School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
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.

- [Essa Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/essa-primary-academy-e140973): 60 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Essa Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/essa-academy-e135770): 100 m. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 48.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Raise Education and Wellbeing School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/raise-education-and-wellbeing-school-e143026): 360 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [St Bede Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-bede-academy-e136889): 370 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [King's Leadership Academy Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-leadership-academy-bolton-e147077): 530 m. Secondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Lever Edge Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lever-edge-primary-academy-e136395): 610 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 63% 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/105276)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105276)

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