Bolton Muslim Girls School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Mar 11 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Muslim
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
142340
Address
Swan Lane, BL3 6TQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
752 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
82.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.6%
Persistent absence
15.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 46.1%
Indian 26.5%
African 11.3%
Other 5.5%
Other Asian 3.5%
Mixed 2.8%
Bangladeshi 2.1%
Other Black 1.5%
Other White 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 97%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.6
Local authority average 45.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.12
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award38
ArabicGCSE48
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE149
English LiteratureGCSE149
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
GeographyGCSE99
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bolton Muslim Girls School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
258
2nd preference
58
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
0
151
Year 8
150
0
150
Year 9
150
0
150
Year 10
150
0
150
Year 11
151
0
151
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
12.0%
45.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
11.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
73.0%
25.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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