Ladybridge High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.7 miles
last distance offered: “1.7 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ladybridge High School is a secondary school in Bolton for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 November 2022. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Ladybridge High 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 | 1.7 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
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.7 miles away, the 6th longest of 13 Bolton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2022, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 211 first-choice applications for 230 offers; 195 offers went to first-choice families and 16 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 41.7 (England 46).
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
- New York, Junction Road, Deane, Bolton, BL3 4NG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,136 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are made to feel welcome at Ladybridge High School.”
- “This is a school at the very heart of the community that it serves.”
- “Pupils are proud to attend the school.”
To improve
- “In a small number of curriculum areas, subject leaders are still refining the key content that teachers must deliver.”
- “Occasionally, when pupils are moving around school or during social times, behaviour is not as strong.”
- “Leaders target support well, but do not always use data in enough depth when reviewing attendance and behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2022 (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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.7 | 46 |
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: 211 first-preference applications, 230 offers in total, 195 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.
- Essa Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bolton Muslim Girls School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- University Collegiate School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King's Leadership Academy Bolton 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Westhoughton High School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Smithills School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Bolton 2.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published