Bolton Muslim Girls School
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.7
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Little Lever School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,085of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 29.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 203
- Ofsted
- Report card, 19 May 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Little Lever School (URN 105256, until 1 September 2015).
What the data says
Little Lever School has no sixth form. Of the 207 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 27% moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Bolton, with 57% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Little Lever School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Little Lever School | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 207 | 3,886 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 27% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 50% | 45% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Little Lever School | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.2 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 23% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.91 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 27% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.4 | 36.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.1 | 49.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 8% | 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 | 202 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 70% |
| English Language | 202 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 74% |
| English Literature | 198 | 98% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 77% |
| Combined Science | 149 | 73% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 56% |
| History | 100 | 49% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 52% |
| Geography | 57 | 28% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 56% |
| Business Studies | 54 | 27% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 70% |
| Physics | 51 | 25% | 23% | 37% | 46% | 88% |
| Biology | 51 | 25% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 51 | 25% | 23% | 41% | 47% | 86% |
| Spanish | 42 | 21% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 69% |
| French | 26 | 13% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 65% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 12% | 13% | 36% | 30% | 64% |
| Photography | 24 | 12% | 6% | 4% | 19% | 79% |
| Art and Design | 21 | 10% | 7% | 14% | 24% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 10% | 11% | 10% | 23% | 60% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 9% | 31% | 16% | 32% | 47% |
| Textiles | 17 | 8% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 59% |
| Music | 13 | 6% | 5% | 92% | 33% | 100% |
| Drama | 11 | 5% | 7% | 45% | 27% | 100% |
| Citizenship Studies | 3 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 21 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 5 | — | — |
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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.