Bolton College
Bolton College is a further education in Bolton for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5BG01204 482000boltoncc.ac.ukMr Liam Sloan principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,355 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,355 | 1,297 | 1,281 | 1,228 | 2,266 | 2,181 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | – | – | 20.91 | – | – | – |
| Average A level grade | – | – | D | z | NE | NE |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 24.05 | 21.54 | 24.93 | 25.78 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 27.10 | 27.92 | 25.40 | 25.51 | – | – |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bolton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 1,198 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 53%, compared with 67% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 29% went on to degree-level study or training and 1% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 62% | 62% | 66% | – |
| Education | 24% | 24% | 26% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 8% | 9% | 2% |
| Work | 29% | 30% | 30% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 29% | 28% | 28% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Collegiate School | University technical college | 10 m | 683 | No overall grade 2024 | 20 | Compare |
| University of Greater Manchester | Higher education institutions | 250 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Pikes Lane Primary School | Council | 330 m | 512 | No overall grade 2025 | 15 | Compare |
| Bolton Sixth Form College | Further education | 340 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 460 m | 225 | Good 2020 | – | Compare |
| Gilnow Primary School | Council | 640 m | 221 | Good 2022 | 61 | Compare |
| Clarendon Primary School | Council | 790 m | 454 | Not inspected | 63 | Compare |
| Bolton Muslim Girls School | Academy | 810 m | 774 | No overall grade 2025 | 86 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bolton College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bolton College yet.
How many pupils does Bolton College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5BG
- Telephone
- 01204 482000
- Website
- www.boltoncc.ac.uk
- Principal
- Mr Liam Sloan
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 130495 · LAESTAB 3508001 · UKPRN 10000794
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.