King's Leadership Academy Bolton, Bolton

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In 2026, pupils at King's Leadership Academy Bolton averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.6 in Bolton and 47 across England.

51% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Bolton and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.14: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.3, against 54.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and History.

For September 2026 entry, 129 families put King's Leadership Academy Bolton as their first choice and 444 named it as one of their preferences, for 176 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to King's Leadership Academy Bolton are Essa Academy (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.9); Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles, Attainment 8 41.5); Bolton Muslim Girls School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 56.5); and St James's Church of England High School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.1).

King's Leadership Academy Bolton's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

King's Leadership Academy Bolton is one of 8 schools run by The Great Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.3 in 2024/25.

Of the 166 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 42% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

35.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 60.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (68%), White British (9%) and Black (9%).

In 2026, 93 pupils (10.2%) received SEN support and 23 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Bolton Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodvale Avenue (w-bound), 210 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood King's Leadership Academy Bolton stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, King's Leadership Academy Bolton issued 215 suspensions, 23.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to King's Leadership Academy Bolton are Lever Edge Primary Academy (0.2 miles), Essa Primary Academy (0.3 miles), St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Bede Academy (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.