Rivington and Blackrod High School
Academy converter secondary school in Bolton (Bolton).
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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).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first12 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Cumberland School, 0.2 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland SchoolOther independent special | 0.2 mi | Special | 85 | - |
| Beacon Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 0.6 mi | Primary | 209 | Good, 2023 |
| Horwich Parish CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.9 mi | Primary | 300 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in all seven areas |
| St Catherine's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.0 mi | Primary | 237 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 6 areas, Needs attention in 1 |
| Lever Park SchoolAcademy special sponsor led | 1.0 mi | Special | 99 | Ungraded inspection, May 2024Last graded Good (Apr 2019) |
| Rivington Foundation Primary SchoolFoundation | 1.2 mi | Primary | 109 | Good, 2020Ungraded inspection Jan 2025, no grade given |
| St Mary's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.4 mi | Primary | 214 | Good, 2020Ungraded inspection Mar 2025, no grade given |
| Chorley New Road Primary AcademyAcademy converter | 1.5 mi | Primary | 316 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Dec 2017, previous school) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, AndertonVoluntary aided | 1.8 mi | Primary | 180 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| St Joseph's RC High SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.9 mi | Secondary | 1,047 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements |
| Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 2.0 mi | Primary | 260 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2023Last graded Good (Feb 2012) |
| Claypool Primary SchoolCommunity | 2.0 mi | Primary | 218 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 6 areas, Needs attention in 1 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 30% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 8 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 35
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