Forwards Centre
State-Funded School
Not published
No overall grade
About the School
Forwards Centre is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 5–11, located in Bolton, North West.
It currently serves 48 pupils. Forwards Centre is part of The Bolton Impact Trust.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Outstanding
Quality ofeducation
Outstanding
Personaldevelopment
Outstanding
Behaviour &attitudes
Outstanding
Academic Performance
No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
90%Boys
10%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- PRU
- Age range
- 5 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 48
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
- MAT name
- The Bolton Impact Trust
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2025 | Outstanding | Outstanding | Outstanding | Outstanding | Not judged |
| 26 May 2020 | Good | Good | Outstanding | Outstanding | 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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The Clifton Centre
Salford · 5.3 mi
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre
Salford · 6.1 mi
Arbour Academy
Salford · 7.2 mi
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy
Wigan · 8.3 mi