Turton School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.2 miles
last distance offered: “2.2 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Turton School is a secondary school in Bolton for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Turton School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.2 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.2 miles away, the 5th longest of 13 Bolton secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2022, having swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 252 first-choice applications for 259 offers; 236 offers went to first-choice families, and 16 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25, the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bolton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bolton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bromley Cross Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9LT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,596 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are proud to be part of Turton School.”
- “They enjoy strong relationships with their teachers and other staff.”
- “Pupils feel safe when they are in school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, including English and mathematics, the progress that pupils made by the end of Year 11 in 2023 was below the national average.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, some teachers do not deliver the curriculum as effectively as they should.”
- “They do not ensure that pupils’ learning builds securely on what they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 252 first-preference applications, 259 offers in total, 236 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bolton.
- Sharples School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Canon Slade School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thornleigh Salesian College 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Bolton 1.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Smithills School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- University Collegiate School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bolton Muslim Girls School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Little Lever School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published