Bolton Muslim Girls School
Academy converter · 774 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.7
Community school
Westhoughton High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,342of 1,350 places
- Free school meals
- 23.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 257
- Ofsted
- Report card, 27 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Urgent improvementPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Westhoughton High School has no sixth form. Of the 247 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 9% moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Bolton, with 41% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish and French add up to 19% of the year group, and 7% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
As an 11–16 school, Westhoughton High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bolton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Westhoughton High School | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 247 | 3,886 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 9% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 72% | 45% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Westhoughton High School | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.4 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 7% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.62 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.3 | 36.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.4 | 49.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 29% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 256 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 66% |
| English Literature | 256 | 100% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 70% |
| Mathematics | 256 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 197 | 77% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 53% |
| History | 100 | 39% | 41% | 37% | 26% | 69% |
| Geography | 89 | 35% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 37% |
| Biology | 57 | 22% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 77% |
| Physics | 57 | 22% | 23% | 21% | 46% | 70% |
| Chemistry | 51 | 20% | 23% | 27% | 47% | 84% |
| Psychology | 46 | 18% | 3% | 15% | 22% | 61% |
| Spanish | 38 | 15% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 66% |
| 3D Design | 37 | 14% | 2% | 3% | 16% | 41% |
| Physical Education | 22 | 9% | 11% | 41% | 24% | 91% |
| Art and Design | 21 | 8% | 7% | 29% | 24% | 95% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 8% | 13% | 20% | 30% | 50% |
| Photography | 19 | 7% | 6% | 26% | 19% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 7% | 8% | 6% | 21% | 39% |
| Religious Studies | 15 | 6% | 31% | 40% | 32% | 87% |
| Textiles | 10 | 4% | 2% | 30% | 27% | 50% |
| French | 10 | 4% | 18% | 70% | 29% | 100% |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 72 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 49 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 22 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 17 | — | — |
| Tourism | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 4 | — | — |
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Canon Slade School
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Eden Boys' School, Bolton
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Essa Academy
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Harper Green School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.