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Firwood High School

Stitch-MI Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU

WOODBRIDGE TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance86.6%
Attainment–
AdmissionsNot published
Pupils131

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BL2. Where we have them, council (Bolton) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
131
Free school meals
41.1%
9.3% above district average (31.8%)

Also: Bolton 45.2% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
71.5% above district average (28.5%)

Also: Bolton 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
32.2%
16.2% above district average (16%)
Attendance
86.6%
8.6% below district average (95.2%)

Also: Bolton 87.4% · England 87.2%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BL2 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

36.1%

0.9% above England (35.2%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 77.8%
    2020/21
  • 84.9%
    2021/22
  • 87.5%
    2022/23
  • 85.7%
    2023/24
  • 85.4%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
135
Pupils on roll
131

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bolton page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
Special classes · SLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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