Firwood High School

State-Funded School

firwood-high-school-bolton-north-west

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton North EastConstituency

BL2 4HUPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Firwood High School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Bolton, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 261 pupils. Firwood High School is part of WOODBRIDGE TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

52%

Asian

28%

Black

10%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

261

Total Pupils

64%Boys

36%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

England average

27%

First language not English

31%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 261
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: WOODBRIDGE TRUST

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 8 March 2023. 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
17 Dec 2012	Outstanding	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.