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Alternative provision school · Academy alternative provision converter · ages 5 to 11 · Mixed

Stephens Street, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 5DX

  • Pupils48
  • Ages5 to 11
  • Latest Ofsted3 Jun 2025
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection (no overall grade) · 3 Jun 2025

No overall grade: from September 2024 to November 2025 Ofsted gave sub-grades only (recorded as “Not judged”).

  • Quality of educationOutstanding
  • Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
  • Personal developmentOutstanding
  • Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

S5 Inspection · report published 8 Jul 2025

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
48 (capacity 64)
5 girls, 43 boys
Eligible for free school meals
79.2% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
29.3%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
70.7%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
80.5%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
0%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy alternative provision converter (Academies)
Trust
THE BOLTON IMPACT TRUST
Sponsor
Bolton Impact Trust
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
1 April 2016
Local authority
Bolton
Parliamentary constituency
Bolton North East
URN
142702 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).

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