Secondary
Canon Slade School
Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, Bolton, BL2 3BP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1724 of 1800 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.0
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 103.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 130.2
- Pupils per adult
- 13.5
- Pupils
- 1,753
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
57%
10 points above the Bolton average (47% across 18 schools)
53.9
6.5 above the Bolton average (47.4 across 18 schools)
6th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bolton we can score - 26 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.57 |
| Entered the EBacc | 29% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% |
| A level average points per entry | 38.15 |
| A level students | 112 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 65% |
| 22/23 | 64% |
| 23/24 | 65% |
| 24/25 | 57% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.1 |
| 22/23 | 35.4 |
| 23/24 | 36.2 |
| 24/25 | 38.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.08 |
| 22/23 | +0.14 |
| 23/24 | +0.29 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 56.0 |
| 22/23 | 54.8 |
| 23/24 | 54.6 |
| 24/25 | 53.9 |
Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, Bolton, BL2 3BP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bolton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- James Gilhooly
- Address
- Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, Bolton, BL2 3BP
- Telephone
- 01204333343