Bolton School Girls' Division A GSG School
- Bolton School Girls' Division
Chorley New Road
Bolton
Lancashire
BL1 4PB - Head: Mrs Lynne Kyle
- T 01204 840201
- F 01204 434710
- E seniorgirls@boltonschool.org
- W www.boltonschool.org
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Bolton
- Pupils: 1,030; sixth formers: 214
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £13,632 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Bolton School Boys' Division, Bolton School Boys’ Junior School, Bolton School Junior Girls' School (Hesketh House), Bolton School Infant School: Beech House
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Recent ambitious DT project of designing, building and launching a hot air balloon. School is well represented across the region in athletics, lacrosse, netball, swimming and rounders with its fixture lists showing win after repetitive win in all sports for all years. Two current students are signed to Everton and Manchester City girls' football teams. Drama is very popular and having a purpose-built theatre to stage school productions inspires even...
What the school says...
We offer academic excellence at one of the North's pre-eminent schools; outstanding facilities and resources set in 32 acres of grounds; strong extra-curricular and pastoral programmes; an emphasis on developing the whole person; and an inclusive, caring and friendly environment. This is a single-sex school but there are opportunities for co-educational activities with the adjacent Bolton School Boys' Division.
Full fee bursaries from age 11+ and our coach service covering 22 routes ensures pupils are drawn from a wide geographical area. ...Read more
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since September 2021, Lynne Kyle. Born in Bolton, read maths and stats at St Andrews, PGCE from Cambridge. Having joined the school in 1993 as an NQT, she has served under the past four heads, rising through the ranks to deputy head in 2008.
Entrance
Majority from junior school Hesketh House, move up to the senior school. Entry to year 7 by reasoning tests - maths, English verbal and non-verbal. High performers called back for interview. One sixth former recalled her first day, 'I remember being a bit worried at first but friends I made on the first day, I still have today.'
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Special Education Needs
The School has some experience of catering for pupils with a range of disabilities, medical conditions and other special needs. For each pupil meeting the academic criteria for admission, the School will make reasonable adjustments so that any pupil with a disability is not put at a substantial disadvantage compared with any pupil who has no such disability. The School will also do all that is reasonable to detect and deal appropriately with a learning difficulty which amounts to a 'special educational need', although our staff are not qualified to make a medical diagnosis of conditions such as those commonly referred to as dyslexia, or of other learning difficulties. Remedial teaching provided by the School may be charged as extra.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bolton School Junior Girls' School (Hesketh House) | 2023 | 100% will go to this linked school |
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