Smithills School
Smithills Dean Road, Smithills School, Bolton, BL1 6JS
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,203 (577 boys, 626 girls)
- Capacity: 1250
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 41.9%
- Telephone: 01204842382
- Ofsted: Requires improvement (19 Sep 2023); report card, no overall grade (inspected 31 Mar 2026)
- Attainment 8: 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 342 applications, 226 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Bolton
- St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles, straight line)
- Thornleigh Salesian College (0.5 miles, straight line)
- Church Road Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Oxford Grove Primary School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, Bolton (0.7 miles, straight line)
- St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell (0.7 miles, straight line)
