Breightmet School
Breightmet School is an independent special school in Bolton for boys and girls aged 5 to 18. It has 18 pupils and room for 80.
Milnthorpe Road, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 6PD01204 201396Mrs Carol Nolan headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 18 | 9 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverhulme Community Primary School | Council | 360 m | 438 | Report card 2026 | 4 | Compare |
| Forwards Centre | Academy alternative provision converter | 450 m | 48 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Park School Teaching Service | Academy alternative provision converter | 470 m | 12 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Red Lane Primary School | Academy | 580 m | 475 | No overall grade 2025 | 69 | Compare |
| SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary School | Roman Catholic | 730 m | 355 | Good 2023 | 39 | Compare |
| Blackshaw Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 218 | No overall grade 2024 | 48 | Compare |
| Bolton St Catherine's Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,003 | No overall grade 2025 | 10 | Compare |
| Firwood High School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 261 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Breightmet School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Breightmet School yet.
How many pupils does Breightmet School have?
18 pupils aged 5 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 80 places, so it is 23% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Milnthorpe Road, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 6PD
- Telephone
- 01204 201396
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carol Nolan
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Ward
- Breightmet
- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 17 September 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150807 · LAESTAB 3506021 · UKPRN 10100765
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 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.