Birtenshaw School Bolton
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Birtenshaw School Bolton is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Bolton, North West.
The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 137 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
9
2022
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
82%Boys
18%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 3 – 19
- Deprivation band
- Deprived
- Total pupils
- 137
- IDACI quintile
- 4 (Less deprived)
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
School remains Good
Ungraded inspection on 18 November 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Mar 2013 | Good | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Good |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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