Eden Boys' School, Bolton

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jul 4 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Muslim
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
140959
Address
Wolfenden Street, BL1 3QE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
621 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
65.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.4%
Persistent absence
14.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 37.4%
Pakistani 36.2%
African 11.6%
Other Asian 5%
Mixed 4.3%
Other 2.4%
Bangladeshi 1.4%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
White British 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.73
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 94%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 65%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.6
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.74
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE27
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE26
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE121
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE122
English LiteratureGCSE122
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Eden Boys' School Bolton

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
119
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
216
2nd preference
95
3rd preference
72
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
110
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
124
124
0
Year 8
124
124
0
Year 9
124
124
0
Year 10
125
125
0
Year 11
124
124
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
83.0%
85.6%
Further education
20.0%
43.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
14.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
68.0%
23.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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