Little Lever School
Academy converter secondary school in Bolton (Bolton).
Attainment 8
45.8
▼ 0.4 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
56.7%
▲ 10pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
89.7%
▼ 2pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
18.3
▲ 1.6 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
29.5%
▲ 2pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
19.5%
▲ 5pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
103%
1,085 / 1,050 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Report card
inspected May 2026
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Little Lever School is a secondary school located in Bolton. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 1,064 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,050. It is part of the LEVER ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr Dominic McKeon.
Enrichment
7 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Chess
- Cricket
- Dance
- Drama
- Football
- Lego
- Minecraft
Key facts
- URN
- 142296
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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