Bolton Muslim Girls School
Academy converter · 774 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.7
Community school
Ladybridge High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,136of 1,140 places
- Free school meals
- 37.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 211
- Ofsted
- Good, 2 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Deane School (URN 105255).
What the data says
Ladybridge High School has no sixth form. Of the 211 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 32% moved to a sixth form college, 54% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 32% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.7 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Bolton, with 33% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bolton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Ladybridge High School | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 211 | 3,886 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 32% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 54% | 45% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Ladybridge High School | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.7 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 21% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.56 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.5 | 36.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.4 | 49.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 41% | 29% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 211 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 55% |
| Mathematics | 211 | 100% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 60% |
| English Literature | 202 | 96% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 185 | 88% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 52% |
| History | 93 | 44% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 46% |
| Spanish | 89 | 42% | 19% | 17% | 27% | 48% |
| Religious Studies | 76 | 36% | 31% | 20% | 32% | 58% |
| Geography | 75 | 36% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 35% |
| Photography | 57 | 27% | 6% | 7% | 19% | 60% |
| Design and Technology | 46 | 22% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 28% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 40 | 19% | 8% | 5% | 21% | 40% |
| Citizenship Studies | 40 | 19% | 3% | 10% | 19% | 53% |
| Fine Art | 38 | 18% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 47% |
| Physics | 26 | 12% | 23% | 73% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 12% | 23% | 77% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 26 | 12% | 23% | 50% | 45% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 9% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 70% |
| Film Studies | 6 | 3% | 1% | 17% | 20% | 33% |
| Urdu | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Business Studies | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
| French | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 70 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 50 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 27 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 21 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 18 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 6 | — | — |
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Eden Boys' School, Bolton
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Harper Green School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.