Youth Challenge Pru

State-Funded School

youth-challenge-pru-bolton-north-west

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton WestConstituency

BL1 6JTPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Youth Challenge Pru is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 11–16, located in Bolton, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 72 pupils. Youth Challenge Pru is part of The Bolton Impact Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

82%Boys

18%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

68%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: PRU
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 72
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: The Bolton Impact Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 11 July 2024. 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
24 Mar 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.