Eden Boys' School, Bolton
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.66 miles
last distance offered: “0.66 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eden Boys' School, Bolton is a secondary school in Bolton for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 4 July 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Eden Boys' School, Bolton 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 | 0.66 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 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.66 miles away, the shortest of 13 Bolton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bolton.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 192 first-choice applications for 116 offers; 112 offers went to first-choice families and 80 first-choice families were not offered a place.
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
- Wolfenden Street, Bolton, BL1 3QE
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 621 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 4 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils consider it a privilege to attend Eden Boys’ School Bolton.”
- “They recognise that they receive a high-quality education.”
- “Pupils said that the wider opportunities that leaders provide help them to mature as individuals.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 September 2023 (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) | 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: 192 first-preference applications, 116 offers in total, 112 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.
- Thornleigh Salesian College 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Smithills School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sharples School 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Canon Slade School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- University Collegiate School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Turton School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bolton Muslim Girls School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ladybridge High School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published