Kearsley Academy is a secondary school located in Bolton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 27/02/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 8.2%, which is 4.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Springfield Road, Bolton, BL4 8HY
Website: http://www.ka.northerneducationtrust.org/
Telephone: 01204332555
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Bolton
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Kim McKee
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136135

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 27/02/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 950
Number of Pupils: 676
Number of Boys: 358
Number of Girls: 318

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 8.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 23.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.35 Confidence interval -0.6 to -0.09
Of the 101 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 98 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:6%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:84%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:53%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:42.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.25
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Grosvenor Nursery School
Lord Street , Kearsley BL4 8AR 		4out of 4 1,073 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kearsley West Primary School
Primrose Street , Kearsley BL4 9BZ 		3out of 4 522 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Alexandra Street , Farnworth BL4 9JT 		4out of 4 825 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Stephen's CofE Primary School
Bent Spur Road , Kearsley BL4 8PB 		3out of 4 1,045 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St John CofE Primary School, Kearsley
Church Road , Kearsley BL4 8AP 		3out of 4 1,151 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
North Walkden Primary School
Worsley Road North , Walkden M28 3QD 		3out of 4 1,171 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kearsley Academy
Springfield Road , Kearsley BL4 8HY 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Harper Green School
Harper Green Road , Farnworth BL4 0DH 		2out of 4 2,336 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St James's Church of England High School
Lucas Road , Farnworth BL4 9RU 		4out of 4 2,376 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Lowry Academy
Hilton Lane , Worsley M28 0SY 		- not rated 2,595 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Little Lever School
Church Street , Little Lever BL3 1BT 		2out of 4 2,864 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Woodbridge College
Springfield Road , Kearsley BL4 8LB 		- not rated 226 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
TLG Bolton
Concorde House , 2 Frederick Street BL4 9AL 		- not rated 1,045 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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