Schools near BL5 1AL
Primary and secondary schools serving BL5 1AL, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Neighbourhood
- Daubhill & Fernhill Gate
- Council
- Bolton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,613 (2024)
Schools near BL5 1AL
12 schools within 1 mile of BL5 1AL: 6 primary, 2 secondary and 4 other, including 1 independent. 80% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. The 10 that publish a capacity are 102% full overall, and 5 have more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Excellent16.7%
- Good50%
- Needs improvement16.7%
- Not rated16.7%
The nearest schools
- The Orchards Nursery SchoolNursery · ages 2–4 · 97 pupilsGood0.6 miles · March 2024
- Green Fold SchoolOther · ages 4–11 · 172 pupils · 130% fullExcellent0.6 miles · November 2023
- Cherry Tree Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · 408 pupils · 104% fullGood0.6 miles · March 2026
- Wharton Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 378 pupils · 82% fullNot rated0.7 miles
- King's Leadership Academy BoltonSecondary · ages 11–16 · 910 pupils · 101% fullGood0.7 miles · October 2023
- Essa AcademySecondary · ages 11–16 · 1,055 pupils · 107% fullExcellent0.8 miles · January 2026
- Essa Primary AcademyPrimary · ages 4–11 · 387 pupils · 92% fullNeeds improvement0.8 miles · June 2017
- Thomasson Memorial SchoolOther · ages 2–16 · 80 pupilsGood0.8 miles · March 2024
- Raise Education and Wellbeing SchoolOther · ages 11–19 · Independent · 50 pupils · 83% fullNot rated0.9 miles
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over HultonPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 206 pupils · 94% fullNeeds improvement0.9 miles · February 2026
- Lever Edge Primary AcademyPrimary · ages 1–11 · 562 pupils · 125% fullGood1 mile · March 2023
- St Bede AcademyPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 610 pupils · 97% fullGood1 mile · October 2023
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.