Raise Education and Wellbeing School
The Quest, Brownlow Way, Bolton, BL1 3UB
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Jason Steele
- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 60
- Pupils on roll
- 50
- URN
- 143026
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01204431946
About this school
Raise Education and Wellbeing School is an independent special school in Bolton. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 50 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Raise Education and Wellbeing School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Raise Education and Wellbeing School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in June 2016, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 |
| Attainment 8 score | 3.6 | - | 1.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.3 | - | 0.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Raise Education and Wellbeing School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bolton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.6 | 39.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | — | 41.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 1.1 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 56 |
| 2024/25 | 52 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 48
- Pupils on SEN support
- 1
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thomasson Memorial School0.2 miles
Special schools · Bolton
-
Lord's School0.8 miles
Independent schools · Bolton
-
Green Fold School0.9 miles
Special schools · Bolton
-
Bolton Islamic Girls School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Bolton
-
Al Jamiah Al Islamiyyah0.9 miles
Independent schools · Bolton
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- Birtenshaw School Bolton Special schools
- Breightmet School Special schools
- Cumberland School Special schools
- EdStart Schools Bolton Special schools
- Firwood High School Academies
- Forwards Centre Academies
- Green Fold School Special schools
- Ladywood School Academies
- Lever Park School Academies
- LifeBridge ASEND Other types
- Park School Teaching Service Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Raise Education and Wellbeing School teach?
- Raise Education and Wellbeing School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Bolton.
- Who is the headteacher of Raise Education and Wellbeing School?
- The headteacher of Raise Education and Wellbeing School is Mr Jason Steele, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Raise Education and Wellbeing School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Raise Education and Wellbeing School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Raise Education and Wellbeing School?
- Raise Education and Wellbeing School has 50 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Raise Education and Wellbeing School full?
- Raise Education and Wellbeing School has capacity for 60 pupils and 50 on roll (83%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Raise Education and Wellbeing School a faith school?
- No. Raise Education and Wellbeing School has no designated religious character.
- How have Raise Education and Wellbeing School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 3.6 in 2022/23 and 1.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Raise Education and Wellbeing School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Raise Education and Wellbeing School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.