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Bolton School Girls' Division, Bolton

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Bolton School Girls' Division details

Address:

Bolton School Girls' Division
Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire BL1 4PB

Telephone:

01204 840201

Fax:

01204 434 710

Email:

seniorgirls@boltonschool.org

Website:

www.boltonschool.org

Authority:

Bolton

Gender of entry:

Girls

Age range:

4-18

Number of students:

1,347

Affiliation:

GSA

Gender of sixth form:

Girls

Last inspection:

February 2004. Read the full inspection report.

General information

Headteacher: Gill Richards, appointed in 2005.

Background: Set among lawns, playing fields and woodland, Bolton School Girls' Division has been educating bright, well-motivated girls since 1877 and continues its tradition of excellence. Hailed as [L]a highly successful selective school with management and leadership of exceptional quality[R] by inspectors in their last report, it attracts pupils from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds. A number of foundation grants are available and from September students entering the sixth form from other schools were able to apply for bursaries. As one of the largest independent girls' schools in the country, Bolton's broad provision includes 30 AS courses and a curriculum-enhanced programme in the sixth form with short courses in arts and science, as well as sessions on health and student finance. While offering all the advantages of a single-sex education, the school undertakes a number of shared activities with the Boys' Division from drama productions to concerts and the Christmas and summer balls. All pupils have access to computers, CD-Roms and the internet. They are also prepared for the future with an extensive programme of work experience and work shadowing, as well as skills-based teaching by the school's award-winning careers department. In a typical week at least 43 extracurricular activities take place at the school and its lease of Patterdale Hall in the Lake District allows pupils to take part in outdoor pursuits, including abseiling and gorge walking. There are also educational trips and exchanges to France, Germany and Spain.

Alumni: Baroness Taylor, Labour peer; Monica Ali, author; Dame Janet Smith, High Court judge; Angela Williams, director, UN agency for Palestine refugees.

Higher education: 98% (2 Oxford 8 Cambridge).

Special needs: The school has some experience of catering for pupils with a range of disabilities, medical conditions and other special needs. Remedial teaching provided by the school may be charged as an extra.

Inspection: February 2004: Bolton School Girls' Division is a highly successful selective school with management and leadership of exceptional quality. The good teaching and very good learning, the commitment of the staff, the excellent, supportive and purposeful ethos and the strong philosophy of mutual respect all lead to good academic attainment and progress in relation to pupils' abilities. Overall, pupils achieve high standards. The very good relationships, the caring environment and the secure and happy atmosphere result in very good personal development. Opportunities and facilities for independent learning, study and research are welcomed by the pupils, who become articulate and quietly confident young people. The pupils' education is enhanced by the high quality of their surroundings although some classrooms and specialist areas are small for the size of the teaching groups.

Feeder schools: Half of pupils drawn from own Junior Department and rest from more than 200 state and prep schools.

Boys' age range: 4 to 7.

Girls' age range: 4 to 18.

Percentage admitted according to academic ability: 100.

Average class size (seniors; 11-16): 22.

Average class size (sixth form): 12.

Bolton School Girls' Division Statistics

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