Schools near BL2 6GD
Primary and secondary schools serving BL2 6GD, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Neighbourhood
- Breightmet South & Darcy Lever
- Council
- Bolton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,749 (2024)
Schools near BL2 6GD
12 schools within 1 mile of BL2 6GD: 7 primary, 1 secondary and 4 other, including 2 independent. 90% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. The 11 that publish a capacity are 95% full overall, and 4 have more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Good75%
- Needs improvement8.3%
- Not rated16.7%
The nearest schools
- Leverhulme Community Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 438 pupils · 84% fullNeeds improvement0.4 miles · March 2026
- St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever BridgePrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 193 pupils · 92% fullGood0.5 miles · January 2023
- SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 355 pupils · 80% fullGood0.5 miles · January 2023
- Forwards CentreOther · ages 5–11 · 48 pupils · 75% fullGood0.6 miles · March 2015
- Park School Teaching ServiceOther · ages 11–16 · 12 pupils · 40% fullGood0.6 miles · February 2013
- Breightmet SchoolOther · ages 5–18 · Independent · 18 pupils · 22% fullNot rated0.7 miles
- Blackshaw Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 218 pupils · 104% fullGood0.7 miles · September 2019
- Lake House SchoolOther · ages 5–16 · IndependentNot rated0.8 miles
- Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 252 pupils · 120% fullGood0.9 miles · December 2021
- Little Lever SchoolSecondary · ages 11–16 · 1,085 pupils · 103% fullGood0.9 miles · May 2026
- Bowness Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 129 pupils · 83% fullGood0.9 miles · July 2023
- Red Lane Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 475 pupils · 113% fullGood1 mile · July 2019
Ofsted replaced single overall grades with report cards in November 2025. The rating shown here reflects each school’s latest inspection: its new report card where it has one, or its most recent graded inspection otherwise. Check the inspection date beside each school.
Occupancy compares pupils on roll with published school capacity. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information About Schools), Ofsted, and the Welsh and Scottish school registers. Open Government Licence v3.0.