Essa Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.82 miles
last distance offered: “0.82 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Essa Academy is a secondary school in Bolton for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Essa Academy 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 | 0.82 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 0.82 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 13 Bolton secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and the shortest of the 5 years, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 222 first-choice applications for 200 offers; 188 offers went to first-choice families and 34 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 53 (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
- Lever Edge Lane, Bolton, BL3 3HH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,055 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “The school provides a caring and supportive environment.”
- “Improving pupils’ life chances is at the heart of everyone’s work.”
- “Staff work effectively to remove barriers to learning for vulnerable pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain the effectiveness of their work in all areas.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2026 (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) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53 | 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: 222 first-preference applications, 200 offers in total, 188 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.
- King's Leadership Academy Bolton 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bolton Muslim Girls School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- University Collegiate School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ladybridge High School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St James's Church of England High School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Harper Green School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Bolton 2.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published