Kearsley Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bolton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kearsley Academy is a secondary school in Bolton for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 March 2022. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Kearsley 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 1 of the 18 other Bolton secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 146 first-choice applications for 170 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 24 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 51.8 (England 46).
- The school has 18.8 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bolton is 16.6.
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
- Springfield Road, Kearsley, Bolton, BL4 8HY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 768 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 March 2022
Strengths
- “This is a school where nothing happens by accident.”
- “Leaders and staff encourage pupils to build confidence and resilience and are quick to reward and praise pupils' work.”
- “As a result, pupils enjoy attending this school.”
To improve
- “Leaders should continue their work to improve the attendance of disadvantaged pupils and to reduce levels of persistent absence further for all groups of pupils.”
- “Leaders should continue to increase the range and quality of the enrichment opportunities that pupils can experience, contributing to pupils' preparation for their next steps.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 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) | 59% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.8 | 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: 146 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 146 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.
- Harper Green School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St James's Church of England High School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Little Lever School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King's Leadership Academy Bolton 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Essa Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bolton Muslim Girls School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- University Collegiate School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published