Bolton Wanderers Free School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
Post 16
PUPILS
93
AGES
16 - 19
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Free school 16-19
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

This school was closed.

How Does The School Perform?

Inadequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(21/09/2016)
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Macron Stadium
Burnden Way
Lostock
Bolton
BL6 6JW

School Description

Bolton Wanderers Free School is located at the Macron Stadium, the home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, in Bolton. The school is located in the East Stand of the stadium with teaching accommodation in the corporate hospitality boxes. The school opened in September 2014. The ethos of the school is to develop the skills, confidence and qualifications of all young people, including the disadvantaged, to enable them to progress to positive destinations. The school provides a narrow range of 16 to 19 vocational study programmes at levels 1, 2 and 3 in sport, health and social care and public services. The proportion of young people in Bolton who achieved five GCSEs at grades A* to C including mathematics and English in 2014/15 is similar to the national average at 57%. Currently, a fifth of students enrolled at the school have previously achieved five GCSE grades A* to C including mathematics and English. Approximately one third of students have previously been eligible for free school meals. What does the school need to do to improve further? Meet all requirements of the study programmes by providing meaningful external work experience opportunities and good-quality independent and impartial careers guidance for all students, to enable them to make informed choices about their next steps in education, employment or apprenticeships. Reverse the culture of low aspirations by setting challenging targets for students based on their starting points and developing their English and mathematics skills quickly, in order for them to make good progress and achieve the grades of which they are capable. Raise aspirations by setting and monitoring challenging targets for managers and staff. Ensure that governors have sufficiently detailed information on students’ outcomes and the quality of the provision, so that they are able to challenge leaders and monitor closely the impact of managers’ actions on bringing about rapid improvement. Improve the management and use of data to enable leaders to evaluate the progress of different groups of students effectively, so that they can take effective action to improve outcomes. Strengthen quality assurance arrangements to ensure that leaders have a clear and detailed understanding of the quality of provision, so that good practice can be shared across the school and swift action can be taken to rectify all weaknesses quickly. Recruit sufficient numbers of students to ensure the financial viability of the school.

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