Rivington and Blackrod High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.926 miles
last distance offered: “6.926 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rivington and Blackrod High School is a secondary school in Bolton for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Rivington and Blackrod 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 | 6.926 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 6.926 miles away, the longest of 13 Bolton secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance for 2026 was further from the school than in 2025, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 280 first-choice applications for 278 offers; 257 offers went to first-choice families, and 23 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 49.2 (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
- Rivington Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7RU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,626 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and well supported at this warm and welcoming school.”
- “They are polite and well mannered.”
- “Pupils respond well to the high expectations that leaders have of their behaviour and achievement.”
To improve
- “In 2022, pupils’ attainment and progress in the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects was lower than the national average.”
- “In part, this was due to the gaps that had emerged in pupils’ learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
- “While pupils have access to a range of reading texts, the strategies that are being used to help foster pupils’ enjoyment of reading are not as effective as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 July 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) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 280 first-preference applications, 278 offers in total, 257 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.
- St Joseph's RC High School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Smithills School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ladybridge High School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornleigh Salesian College 4.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westhoughton High School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Bolton 4.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sharples School 5.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- University Collegiate School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published