Secondary
Eden Boys' School, Bolton
Wolfenden Street, Bolton, BL1 3QE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 621 of 800 places
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
Ofsted
Last inspected July 2023
Outstanding
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
59%
53.0
1st of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bolton we can score - 26 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.02 |
| Entered the EBacc | 85% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 73% |
| 22/23 | 65% |
| 23/24 | 54% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.25 |
| 22/23 | +0.73 |
| 23/24 | +0.45 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50.6 |
| 22/23 | 52.6 |
| 23/24 | 48.4 |
| 24/25 | 53.0 |
Wolfenden Street, Bolton, BL1 3QE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bolton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Kasim Qadir
- Address
- Wolfenden Street, Bolton, BL1 3QE
- Telephone
- 01204849240