Bolder Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hounslow
Unique reference
145866
Address
1 Macfarlane Lane, TW7 5DB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
955 (73% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
36.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.1%
Persistent absence
17.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
EthnicityPercentage
African9.4%
Indian10.5%
Other White18.6%
Mixed20.8%
White British21.9%
Other
8.6%
Pakistani
3.4%
Other Asian
2.4%
Caribbean
2.2%
Other Black
0.7%
Unclassified
0.5%
Irish
0.4%
Bangladeshi
0.3%
Gypsy/Roma
0.2%
Chinese
0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

AreaResult
School
45%
Local authority average
58%
England average
41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

AreaResult
School
41%
Local authority average
53%
England average
45%

Attainment 8 score

NameValue
School
45.6
Local authority average
49.9
England average
46

EBacc average point score

NameValue
School
4.25
Local authority average
4.59
England average
4.09
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE28
Art & DesignGCSE41
BiologyGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE42
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE58
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE167
English LiteratureGCSE163
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bolder Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
128
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
110
From another Local Authority
44
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
126
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
21
To another Local Authority
10
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 classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
171
86
85
Year 8
178
85
93
Year 9
176
91
85
Year 10
176
82
94
Year 11
174
98
76
Year 12
42
17
25
Year 13
38
24
14
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
90.9%
85.5%
Further education
45.0%
27.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
46.0%
61.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023