Bolton Muslim Girls School
Academy converter · 774 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.7
Academy sponsor led
Kearsley Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 768of 950 places
- Free school meals
- 43.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 143
- Ofsted
- Good, 16 March 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: George Tomlinson School (URN 105268, until 1 September 2010).
What the data says
Kearsley Academy has no sixth form. Of the 139 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 20% moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
14% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 46% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Bolton, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Kearsley Academy | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 139 | 3,886 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 20% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 45% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kearsley Academy | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.8 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 34% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.47 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.1 | 36.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.2 | 49.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 25% | 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 | 143 | 100% | 89% | 34% | 20% | 85% |
| Mathematics | 143 | 100% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 73% |
| English Literature | 142 | 99% | 86% | 53% | 21% | 94% |
| Combined Science | 115 | 80% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 64% |
| Geography | 90 | 63% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 60% |
| Statistics | 66 | 46% | 5% | 12% | 20% | 64% |
| History | 50 | 35% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 62% |
| German | 44 | 31% | 5% | 18% | 33% | 80% |
| Biology | 27 | 19% | 23% | 52% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 19% | 23% | 48% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 27 | 19% | 23% | 56% | 46% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 18% | 13% | 23% | 30% | 65% |
| Fine Art | 25 | 17% | 9% | 68% | 28% | 96% |
| Sociology | 23 | 16% | 4% | 30% | 21% | 83% |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 12 | — | — |
Where Kearsley Academy is
Other secondary schools in Bolton are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Bolton’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Bolton
Bolton St Catherine's Academy
Academy converter · 1,003 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.3
Canon Slade School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,724 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.9
Eden Boys' School, Bolton
Free schools · 621 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.0
Essa Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,055 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.0
Harper Green School
Academy converter · 1,070 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
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.