Kearsley Academy (formerly George Tomlinson School) is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

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with academy status sponsored by

Northern Education Trust Northern Education Trust is a multi-academy trust operating in the North of England, established in 2010. It operates both primary and secondary academies. The Northern Education Trust (NET) is a founder and member of the Northern Alliance of T ...

. It is located in

Kearsley Kearsley ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 14,212. Within the Historic County of Lancashire, it lies northwest of Manchester, ...

in the

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. Previously a

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administered by

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Bolton Council, or Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is a Metropolitan Borough Council and provides the majority of local government services in th ...

, George Tomlinson School converted to academy status in September 2010 and was renamed Kearsley Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions. The school relocated to new buildings in 2014.

Description

Kearsley Academy offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

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and further BTECs. The school also specialises in mathematics and computing. In 2018, Kearsley Academy came under scrutiny for its lack of action against a teacher who bullied a child due to the colour of her hair, as well as sending two boys home from school because their school shoes were "deemed incorrect" and did not match the school's uniform policy. There was a substantial increase in the 5 GCSE with Maths and English pass rate. It was judged one of the 20 most improved schools in the country.

References

External links

Kearsley Academy official website
Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Northern Education Trust schools Kearsley {{GreaterManchester-school-stub