Thornleigh Salesian College
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.91 miles
last distance offered: “0.91 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thornleigh Salesian College is a secondary school in Bolton for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 22 October 2024. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Thornleigh Salesian College 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 | 0.91 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.91 miles, the 3rd shortest of 13 Bolton secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.53 miles).
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2022, after swinging sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 241 first-choice applications for 260 offers: 227 offers went to first-choice families and 14 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 41% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 5th highest 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
- Sharples Park, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6PQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,574 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 22 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, benefit from high-quality pastoral care.”
- “They enjoy positive relationships with staff.”
- “Behaviour is well managed by staff.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, weaknesses in the delivery of the curriculum mean that some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “This particularly affects pupils who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “However, there is an unevenness in how well the curriculum is delivered.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.7 | 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: 241 first-preference applications, 260 offers in total, 227 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.
- Smithills School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Bolton 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sharples School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Canon Slade School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Turton School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- University Collegiate School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bolton Muslim Girls School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ladybridge High School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published