Bolton Muslim Girls School
Academy converter · 774 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.7
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Eden Boys' School, Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 621of 800 places
- Free school meals
- 34.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 123
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 4 July 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 124 pupils who finished Year 11 at Eden Boys' School, Bolton in 2023, 65% moved to a sixth form college, 26% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 65% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 100% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Bolton, with 59% 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 | Eden Boys' School, Bolton | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 124 | 3,886 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 65% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 26% | 45% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Eden Boys' School, Bolton | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 53.0 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 85% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.02 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 49.5 | 36.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.1 | 49.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 77% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 123 | 100% | 88% | 31% | 22% | 87% |
| Religious Studies | 123 | 100% | 31% | 26% | 32% | 72% |
| English Language | 123 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 72% |
| English Literature | 123 | 100% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 86% |
| Combined Science | 102 | 83% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 70% |
| Geography | 57 | 46% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 46% |
| Urdu | 54 | 44% | 1% | 33% | 42% | 94% |
| History | 53 | 43% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 64% |
| French | 32 | 26% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 97% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 24% | 13% | 50% | 30% | 100% |
| Arabic | 25 | 20% | 1% | 20% | 47% | 56% |
| Business Studies | 24 | 20% | 18% | 13% | 20% | 71% |
| Citizenship Studies | 22 | 18% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 45% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 17% | 23% | 67% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 21 | 17% | 23% | 86% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 21 | 17% | 23% | 67% | 45% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 12% | 11% | 7% | 23% | 73% |
| Fine Art | 12 | 10% | 9% | 33% | 28% | 100% |
| Italian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 93 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bolton
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Canon Slade School
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Essa Academy
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Harper Green School
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Kearsley Academy
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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.