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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council schools

All 146 schools in the Bolton area, from the school census. 74 are maintained by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Bolton school holidays.

Follows Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

74 schools

Maintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.

  • All Saints CofE Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 285 pupils
  • Beaumont Primary SchoolBOLTON · Primary · 4–11 · 220 pupils
  • Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 260 pupils
  • Blackrod Primary SchoolBOLTON · Primary · 4–11 · 311 pupils
  • Blackshaw Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 218 pupils
  • Brandwood Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 463 pupils
  • Brownlow Fold Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 232 pupils
  • Castle Hill Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 220 pupils
  • Cherry Tree Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 408 pupils
  • Church Road Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 445 pupils
  • Clarendon Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 454 pupils
  • Claypool Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 218 pupils
  • Devonshire Road Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 415 pupils
  • Eatock Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 238 pupils
  • Egerton Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 5–11 · 211 pupils
  • Gaskell Community Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 472 pupils
  • Gilnow Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 221 pupils
  • Green Fold SchoolBolton · 4–11 · 172 pupils
  • Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care CentreBolton · Nursery · 2–4 · 160 pupils
  • Hardy Mill Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 316 pupils
  • Haslam Park Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 306 pupils
  • Heathfield Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 270 pupils
  • High Lawn Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 492 pupils
  • Highfield Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 412 pupils
  • Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 5–11 · 188 pupils
  • Horwich Parish CofE Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 300 pupils
  • Kearsley West Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 236 pupils
  • Ladybridge Community Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 5–11 · 359 pupils
  • Ladybridge High SchoolBolton · Secondary · 11–16 · 1136 pupils
  • Leverhulme Community Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 438 pupils
  • Markland Hill Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 315 pupils
  • Moorgate Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 325 pupils
  • Mytham Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 323 pupils
  • Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 236 pupils
  • Oxford Grove Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 449 pupils
  • Pikes Lane Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 512 pupils
  • Queensbridge Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 246 pupils
  • Rumworth SchoolBolton · 11–19 · 361 pupils
  • Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 417 pupils
  • Sharples Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 245 pupils
  • Spindle Point Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 238 pupils
  • SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 355 pupils
  • St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over HultonBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 206 pupils
  • St Bartholomew's CofE Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 5–11 · 210 pupils
  • St Bernard's RC Primary School, BoltonBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 199 pupils
  • St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, BoltonBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 199 pupils
  • St Columba's RC Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 235 pupils
  • St George's CofE Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 247 pupils
  • St James CofE Primary School, Daisy HillBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 445 pupils
  • St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, BoltonBolton · Primary · 5–11 · 162 pupils
  • St Joseph's RC High SchoolBolton · Secondary · 11–16 · 1047 pupils
  • St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, BoltonBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 220 pupils
  • St Mary's CofE Primary School, DeaneBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 448 pupils
  • St Mary's RC Primary SchoolHorwich, Bolton · Primary · 5–11 · 214 pupils
  • St Matthew's CofE Primary School, BoltonBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 424 pupils
  • St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little LeverBolton · Primary · 5–11 · 196 pupils
  • St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great LeverBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 487 pupils
  • St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 411 pupils
  • St Saviour CofE Primary School, RingleyManchester · Primary · 5–11 · 206 pupils
  • St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever BridgeBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 193 pupils
  • St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 183 pupils
  • St Thomas C of E Primary School, HalliwellBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 366 pupils
  • St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 239 pupils
  • St Thomas of Canterbury RC SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 410 pupils
  • St William of York Roman Catholic Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 233 pupils
  • Sunning Hill Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 526 pupils
  • The Gates Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 290 pupils
  • The Oaks Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 5–11 · 218 pupils
  • The Orchards Nursery SchoolBolton · Nursery · 2–4 · 97 pupils
  • The Valley Community Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 538 pupils
  • Thomasson Memorial SchoolBolton · 2–16 · 80 pupils
  • Thornleigh Salesian CollegeBolton · Secondary · 11–18 · 1574 pupils
  • Turton SchoolBolton · Secondary · 11–18 · 1596 pupils
  • Westhoughton High SchoolBolton · Secondary · 11–16 · 1342 pupils

Sets its own term dates

72 schools

Academies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.

  • Al Jamiah Al IslamiyyahBolton · 11–25 · 70 pupils
  • Al-Huda Primary SchoolBolton · 2–11 · 181 pupils
  • Beacon Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–11 · 209 pupils
  • Birtenshaw CollegeBolton · 16–25
  • Birtenshaw School BoltonBolton · 3–19 · 137 pupils
  • Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 484 pupils
  • Bolton CollegeBolton · 16 plus · 16–99
  • Bolton Islamic Girls SchoolBolton · 11–16 · 115 pupils
  • Bolton Muslim Girls SchoolBolton · Secondary · 11–16 · 774 pupils
  • Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 252 pupils
  • Bolton School Boys' DivisionBolton · 7–18 · 1131 pupils
  • Bolton School Girls' DivisionBolton · 7–18 · 1057 pupils
  • Bolton School Infant & Nursery School · 0–7 · 300 pupils
  • Bolton Sixth Form CollegeBolton · 16 plus · 16–19
  • Bolton St Catherine's AcademyBolton · All-through · 3–16 · 1003 pupils
  • Bowness Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 129 pupils
  • Breightmet SchoolBolton · 5–18 · 18 pupils
  • Canon Slade SchoolBolton · Secondary · 11–18 · 1724 pupils
  • Chorley New Road Primary AcademyBolton · Primary · 3–11 · 316 pupils
  • Clevelands Prep SchoolBolton · 2–11 · 126 pupils
  • Eagley Infant SchoolBolton · Primary · 2–7 · 203 pupils
  • Eagley Junior SchoolBolton · Primary · 7–11 · 224 pupils
  • Eden Boys' School, BoltonBolton · Secondary · 11–18 · 621 pupils
  • EdStart Schools BoltonBolton · 11–16 · 62 pupils
  • Essa AcademyBolton · Secondary · 11–16 · 1055 pupils
  • Essa Primary AcademyBOLTON · Primary · 4–11 · 387 pupils

Nearby councils

School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.