Little Lever School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
142296
Address
Church Street, Little Lever, BL3 1BT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1049 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.9%
Girls
47.1%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.4%
Persistent absence
32.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.9%
Mixed 4.9%
Pakistani 4.1%
Other White 2.3%
Other Asian 1.4%
Indian 0.7%
African 0.6%
Unclassified 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 3%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.4
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.6
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award11
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
MultimediaTechnical Award22
Art & DesignGCSE34
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE45
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE206
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Little Lever School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
236
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
253
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
67
From another Local Authority
99
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
209
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
32
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 classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
123
95
Year 8
211
98
113
Year 9
210
122
88
Year 10
204
102
102
Year 11
206
110
96
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
44.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
16.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
29.0%
22.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
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
8.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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