Firwood High School
Academy special converter 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).This schoolPrimarySecondaryAll-throughSpecialOther
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Nearby schools
nearest first33 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Bolton St Catherine's Academy, 0.0 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton St Catherine's AcademyAcademy converter | 0.0 mi | All-through | 1,003 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 3 key judgements, Requires improvement in 1; early years provision Good |
| Red Lane Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 0.4 mi | Primary | 475 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; early years provision Good |
| Harwood Meadows Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 0.4 mi | Primary | 224 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in all seven areas |
| Hardy Mill Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.7 mi | Primary | 316 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2024Last graded Good (Feb 2015) |
| Forwards CentreAcademy alternative provision converter | 0.7 mi | Alternative provision | 48 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements |
| St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, BoltonVoluntary aided | 0.8 mi | Primary | 199 | Good, 2020Ungraded inspection Dec 2024, no grade given |
| Breightmet SchoolOther independent special | 0.8 mi | Special | 18 | - |
| Moorgate Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.9 mi | Primary | 325 | Ungraded inspection, Apr 2023Last graded Outstanding (Jan 2016) |
| Leverhulme Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.9 mi | Primary | 438 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 4 |
| Tonge Moor Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.0 mi | Primary | 472 | Good, 2023 |
| Castle Hill Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.0 mi | Primary | 220 | Good, 2023 |
| EdStart Schools BoltonOther independent special | 1.0 mi | Special | 62 | - |
| St Columba's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.1 mi | Primary | 235 | Good, 2024 |
| Canon Slade SchoolAcademy converter | 1.1 mi | Secondary | 1,724 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Good |
| St Maxentius CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.1 mi | Primary | 185 | Good, 2023 |
| SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.2 mi | Primary | 355 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2023Last graded Good (Oct 2011) |
| Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.2 mi | Primary | - | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2022No earlier grade held in our data. This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Blackshaw Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.4 mi | Primary | 218 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever BridgeVoluntary aided | 1.5 mi | Primary | 193 | Good, 2023 |
| Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.5 mi | Primary | 252 | Ungraded inspection, Dec 2021No earlier grade held in our data. This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| The Valley Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.6 mi | Primary | 538 | Outstanding, 2023 |
| Madrasatul Imam Muhammad ZakariyaOther independent | 1.6 mi | Independent | 122 | - |
| Sharples Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.7 mi | Primary | 245 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2025Last graded Good (May 2019) |
| Birtenshaw School BoltonNon-maintained special | 1.7 mi | Special | 137 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2022Last graded Good (Feb 2013) |
| Sharples SchoolAcademy converter | 1.8 mi | Secondary | 1,214 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2025Last graded Good (Sep 2013, previous school) |
| Turton SchoolCommunity | 1.8 mi | Secondary | 1,596 | Good, 2024 |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley BridgeAcademy converter | 1.8 mi | Primary | 251 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School, BoltonVoluntary controlled | 1.8 mi | Primary | 424 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Feb 2017) |
| Eden Boys' School, BoltonFree schools | 1.9 mi | Secondary | 621 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2023Last graded Outstanding (May 2017) |
| LifeBridge ASENDSpecial post 16 institution | 1.9 mi | Special | - | - |
| The Oaks Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.9 mi | Primary | 218 | Good, 2023 |
| Eagley Junior SchoolAcademy converter | 2.0 mi | Primary | 224 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements |
| Raise Education and Wellbeing SchoolOther independent special | 2.0 mi | Special | 50 | - |
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 40% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 4 of 10).
Overall deprivation4
Income4
Employment4
Education and skills4
Health4
Crime1
Barriers to housing and services6
Living environment9
most deprivedleast deprived
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
- 120
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