Turton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
105253
Address
Bromley Cross Road, Bromley Cross, BL7 9LT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1619 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
2.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.3%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.3%
Mixed 3.5%
Other White 1%
Indian 1%
African 0.9%
Pakistani 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%
Other Asian 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.2
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.12
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award9
Health StudiesTechnical Award11
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award15
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award8
Art & DesignGCSE10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE62
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE62
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Turton School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
263
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
270
2nd preference
141
3rd preference
138
From another Local Authority
51
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
249
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
271
138
133
Year 8
267
135
132
Year 9
266
117
149
Year 10
253
121
132
Year 11
268
141
127
Year 12
141
69
72
Year 13
153
77
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
44.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
51.0%
16.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
22.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
66.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
13.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
10.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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