North West
Independent schools in Bolton
138 schools, 56,332 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 40.9.
Ofsted across Bolton
Good52
Outstanding13
Requires improvement2
No overall grade71
67 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 71 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Bolton
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jamiah Al IslamiyyahOther independent school | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Al-Huda Primary SchoolOther independent school | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Bolton Islamic Girls SchoolOther independent school | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Bolton School Boys' DivisionOther independent school | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Bolton School Girls' DivisionOther independent school | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Bolton School Infant & Nursery SchoolOther independent school | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Clevelands Prep SchoolOther independent school | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Lord's SchoolOther independent school | Bolton | No grade | — |
| Madrasatul Imam Muhammad ZakariyaOther independent school | Bolton | No grade | — |