Sharples School
Hill Cot Road, Sharples, Bolton, BL1 8SN
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,214 (554 boys, 660 girls)
- Capacity: 1080
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 27.6%
- Telephone: 01204333253
- Ofsted: no graded inspection as this school yet (ungraded inspection 8 Jan 2025: Improved significantly)
- Attainment 8: 56.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 826 applications, 235 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
- Sharples Primary School (0.1 miles, straight line)
- The Oaks Primary School (0.2 miles, straight line)
- High Lawn Primary School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Canon Slade School (0.7 miles, straight line)
