King's Leadership Academy Bolton
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.8 miles
last distance offered: “3.8 miles” · Published by Bolton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King's Leadership Academy Bolton is a secondary school in Bolton for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
King's Leadership Academy 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 | 3.8 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 3.8 miles away, the 2nd longest of 13 Bolton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance, further than in 2025, after swinging sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 45.4 (England 46).
- Year 7 2026: 129 first-choice applications for 176 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 47 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
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
- Freshfield Avenue, Bolton, BL3 3HL
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 910 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “King’s Leadership Academy is a welcoming and friendly school.”
- “Most pupils live up to the school’s values.”
- “This contributes to the respect and tolerance that they demonstrate for the opinions and beliefs of others.”
To improve
- “However, the subject choices in key stage 4 are not as broad as they could be.”
- “This means that some pupils are not prepared as well as they should be for their next stage of education.”
- “Nevertheless, some teachers do not use assessment strategies consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 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) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.4 | 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: 129 first-preference applications, 176 offers in total, 129 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 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bolton Muslim Girls School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St James's Church of England High School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Harper Green School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- University Collegiate School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ladybridge High School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Little Lever School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published