Bolton School Infant School: Beech House A GSG School
- Bolton School Infant School: Beech House
Chorley New Road
Bolton
BL1 4PA - Head: Mrs Jo Field
- T 01204 434759
- E info@boltonschool.org
- W www.boltonschool.org/infants
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 7.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Bolton
- Pupils: 180
- Religion: Not Applicable
- Fees: £10,896 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Bolton School Boys' Division, Bolton School Girls' Division, Bolton School Boys’ Junior School, Bolton School Junior Girls' School (Hesketh House)
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Lively and cheerful - buzzing with purposeful activity and happy little learners. Parents are buying into the whole Bolton School package and teachers have the freedom to develop children at their own pace, treating them as individuals and to enrich the curriculum without being bound by the rules of Ofsted or the rigmarole of Sats. The parents we met agreed that their children’s happiness and confidence is the priority at this age and that the school provides that in spades…
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since April 2022, Jo Field BA GTP NPQH, previously deputy head and acting head at Eagley Infant School in Bolton, where she worked for seven years. She has worked in several other Bolton primary and infant schools. Married with two teenage children, she lives in the town and enjoys hiking and spending time in the great outdoors.
Entrance
Children assessed through an informal one-to-one chat with head and a play in her office. Parents said the process treated their children as individuals and was not at all intimidating. ‘My son went in crying,’ said one mum, ‘and came out smiling, with a teddy and a sticker.’ School says it's not looking for any reading or writing skills - just for an ‘inquisitive and curious child who can follow instructions and is open to learning’. They do...
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Special Education Needs
Condition | Provision for in school |
---|---|
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
Aspergers | Y |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
Dyscalculia | Y |
Dysgraphia | Y |
Dyslexia | Y |
Dyspraxia | Y |
English as an additional language (EAL) | |
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 |
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