School profile
Lord's School
Brooklyn, Green Lane, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 2EF
Overview
Lord's School is an independent school (other independent school) in Bolton, North West, for pupils aged 11–18. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Other independent school
- Establishment group
- Independent schools
- Age range
- Ages 11–18
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 50
- Pupils on roll
- 23
- URN
- 105269
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Bolton
Fees, scholarships and bursaries are not part of the official dataset. They will appear here once the school adds them.
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
2024/25 results
DfE does not publish a directly comparable England figure for independent schools, so no comparison is shown.
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 5.3
Pupils included: 14
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 14
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 14
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 14
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 21 April 2026 · Published 29 June 2026
Renewed education inspection framework (non-association independent schools)
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Independent school standards
A regulatory check against the standards independent schools must meet. It is separate from Ofsted's inspection judgements and is not a rating.
Overall compliance
Did not meet all standards
Complies with its registration agreement.
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 11 June 2024 · Published 5 December 2024
Overall effectiveness: Inadequate
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Brooklyn, Green Lane, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 2EF
- Local authority
- Bolton
Inspection
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- Ofsted
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