Bolton Muslim Girls School

Bolton Muslim Girls School is a welcoming, caring secondary academy for girls aged 11 to 16, part of The Prosper Multi-Academy Trust and with an Islamic ethos that welcomes girls of all faiths and none. Pupils are happy, feel safe and attend very well. Behaviour is a particular strength: classrooms are calm and orderly, pupils are attentive and learning is not disrupted. The school has high expectations and pupils achieve well in many subjects. The curriculum is broad, ambitious and has been strengthened, including a wider key stage 3 offer. Teachers know their subjects and explain learning clearly, reading is prioritised, pupils with SEND are identified precisely and supported well, and personal development is central to the school’s work. Careers guidance is impartial and pupils are well informed about future education and training. The trust supports and challenges the school effectively, and staff wellbeing is considered. The main area for improvement is assessment in some subjects. Teachers do not consistently check that pupils’ knowledge is secure before moving on to new topics, which can limit how deeply pupils build subject knowledge over time. The school has been judged good for quality of education, personal development, and leadership and management, with behaviour and attitudes outstanding; under the current inspection framework no overall effectiveness grade is given.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe and are well cared for by staff.
• Behaviour and attitudes are exceptional, with calm classrooms and no disruption to learning.
• Pupils have very high attendance and positive attitudes to learning.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious and improved, including a wider key stage 3 offer.
• Teachers know their subjects well and explain new learning clearly.
• Pupils with SEND are identified precisely and supported effectively in class.
• Reading is prioritised, and early readers quickly gain fluency.
• Personal development is central, covering health, wellbeing, relationships and citizenship.
• Pupils receive impartial careers advice and are knowledgeable about future options.
• The trust supports and challenges the school effectively, and staff wellbeing is considered.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not used consistently in some subjects, so pupils sometimes move on before their knowledge is secure.
• In some subjects, teachers do not consistently check how secure pupils’ learning is before moving to new topics.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bolton Muslim Girls School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.5% of pupils at Bolton Muslim Girls School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bolton Muslim Girls School had 14.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 3.9% of pupils at Bolton Muslim Girls School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Bolton Muslim Girls School received £6,839 and spent £7,705 for each of its 752 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £418,000 (£556 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Bolton Muslim Girls School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bolton Muslim Girls School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Bolton Muslim Girls School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bolton Muslim Girls School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Bolton Muslim Girls School have?

Bolton Muslim Girls School has 774 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bolton Muslim Girls School cover?

Bolton Muslim Girls School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Bolton Muslim Girls School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 56.5, and 60% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Bolton Muslim Girls School?

Bolton Muslim Girls School is at Swan Lane, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL3 6TQ.