Westhoughton High School
Bolton Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3BZ
This school has not opened yet.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Neil Coe
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,350
- URN
- 152827
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Telephone
- 01942814122
About this school
Westhoughton High School will be a secondary academy in Bolton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16.
Ofsted will inspect it once it opens.
Ofsted judgement
Westhoughton High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 2027, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Before converting it was Westhoughton High School. The history below belongs to that predecessor school, not to the school as it runs today.
Predecessor school: Westhoughton High School (closed December 2026)
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
How Westhoughton High School compares
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ladybridge High School | 41.7 | 7.9% | 37% | 1,136 | 2.1 miles |
| Atherton High School | 39.3 | 8.9% | 47.2% | 561 | 2.1 miles |
| Outwood Academy Hindley | 40 | 10.6% | 35% | 908 | 2.2 miles |
| The Westleigh School | 36.4 | 10.2% | 44.8% | 976 | 2.4 miles |
| St Joseph's RC High School | 44.8 | 7.2% | 22.3% | 1,047 | 2.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ladybridge High School2.1 miles
Secondary · Bolton
-
Atherton High School2.1 miles
Secondary · Atherton
-
Outwood Academy Hindley2.2 miles
Secondary · Wigan
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The Westleigh School2.4 miles
Secondary · Leigh
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St Joseph's RC High School2.7 miles
Secondary · Bolton
Other schools in Bolton
- Bolton Muslim Girls School Secondary
- Canon Slade School Secondary
- Eden Boys' School, Bolton Secondary
- Essa Academy Secondary
- Harper Green School Secondary
- Kearsley Academy Secondary
- King's Leadership Academy Bolton Secondary
- Ladybridge High School Secondary
- Little Lever School Secondary
- Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Rivington and Blackrod High School Secondary
- Sharples School Secondary
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 15 September 2026.