Thornleigh Salesian College

Sharples Park, Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 6PQ

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About this school

Thornleigh Salesian College is a Voluntary aided school serving secondary age pupils, located in Bolton, Lancashire. The school has 1,576 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 6 November 2019). Last inspected 6 November 2019. The Headteacher is Michael Fitzsimons. The school is administered by Bolton local authority. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character.

School details

Headteacher

Michael Fitzsimons

Local authority

Bolton

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

URN

105264

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Thornleigh Salesian College are handled by the school or the local authority (Bolton). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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