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Fundraising Star Milan is a Point of Light
Milan Kumar in Year 4 has received a Points of Light award and congratulations from Prime Minister Boris Johnson following his...
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Whistle-Stop Introduction to Personal Finance
Financial Advisor and Old Boy Ross Taylor (Class of 2004) connected with Girls’ Division pupils in Year 11 via Zoom to give a...
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Anna Receives Manchester City Squad Number
Congratulation to Year 13 student Anna Phillips who has been given a squad number by the Manchester City Women’s team! She...
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Local Poetry Competition Winners Announced
On National Poetry Day in October of last year, poet Andrew McMillan, in conjunction with Bolton School Boys’ Division, launched...
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Traditions Remain at Christmas Celebration
Though the Junior Boys’ Christmas Celebration could not take place as usual in the Boys’ Division Great Hall, packed with an...
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How the Junior Girls Brought Christmas
The Junior Girls’ festive show this year brought audiences a filmed performance of ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’. Working with...
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Girls Create Wonderful Christmas Cakes
Y8 and Y9 pupils at Bolton School Girls’ Division have been busy creating some wonderful Christmas cakes ahead of the festive...
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Pringle Bells Challenge Fills Festive Hampers
Each year, enthusiastic pupils at Bolton School take part in the annual Urban Outreach Christmas Hamper Challenge to help others...
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Christmas Festival is Live and Virtual
There was no lessening of festive cheer and warmth as Bolton School Boys’ Division’s Christmas Festival went virtual this year....
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Girls' Drive-in Carol Service
In what has been a difficult and socially-distanced year, the Girls’ Division of Bolton School was determined to provide some...
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Infant School Spreads Christmas Cheer
Children and parents at Beech House, the Infant Department of Bolton School, have spent the past week collecting a huge haul of...
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Travelling by Tuba as a Festive Treat
As the end of term approached, all pupils at the Junior Girls’ School were treated to socially distanced and thoroughly enjoyable...
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Girls’ Radio Play Documents the Rise of Women’s Football
This year staff and pupils from Years 7, 8 and 9 of Bolton School Girls’ Division proved to be both creative and adaptive when...
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Sanjana Wins Beat the Pathologist Competition
Sanjana Patel, a Y12 student at Bolton School Girls’ Division, has won first prize in a ‘Beat the Pathologist’ competition...
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It's a Wonderful School Production
This year staff and pupils at Bolton School Boys’ Division had to be even more creative than usual when considering their annual...
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Christmas Jumpers Help Local Charities
Christmas Jumper Day saw Sixth Form students and staff bringing festive cheer to the corridors and classrooms at Bolton School...
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New Science Coordinator for Bolton
Mrs Kate Power, a former Head of Science from Our Lady’s Catholic High School, has been appointed to the new position of Science...
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Life Advice from Old Boy
Old Boy Simon Turner (Class of 1994) offered his life advice to pupils via Zoom. He studied Law at Magdalen College, Oxford, and...
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Donations Spread Festive Cheer
The staff, children and their families at Bolton School Nursery have been busy collecting a hoard of donations for a local...
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Old Girl Talks Language Learning
Old Girl Professor Sarah Mercer (Class of 1992) connected with Bolton School pupils via Zoom to speak about her experiences...
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Y12 Boy’s 84km Run for Movember
Harry McDermott, a Y12 student at Bolton School Boys’ Division, has run an impressive 84km in November for the men’s charity,...
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Rosalyn at National Great Debate Final
Rosalyn Harper in Year 13 last week represented Bolton School in the delayed national final of the Historical Association’s Great...
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Victoria Becomes Bolton Deputy Youth MP
Following local Youth MP elections and the recent departure of one of Bolton’s Youth MPs, Victoria Wong, a Y12 student at Bolton...
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Prakruti Raises Funds for Free School Meals
As part of her 8 year old birthday celebrations, Prakruti Padaki, a Y3 pupil at Bolton School Girls’ Division Junior School, has...
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Tillotson Lecture Goes Virtual to Look to the Future
For the first time in its long history, the annual Tillotson Lecture went virtual to allow a panel of Old Boys to discuss the...
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Amy Joins Lancs Junior Hockey Academy
Congratulations to Girls’ Division pupil Amy Carter in Year 8, who has been selected to join the Lancashire Junior Academy Centre...
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Top-Ranked Swimmer Joins England Camp
Year 11 pupil Lucy Dixon was recently selected for the Swim England National Event Camp 2020, which is aimed at the highest...
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It's A Wonderful Life - Bookings Now Open
The Boys' Division's festive production, a stage adaptation of the Frank Capra favourite, It's a Wonderful Life, will air on...
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A Spot of Fundraising for Children in Need
The Junior Girls wore their own clothes and lots of Pudsey accessories in exchange for bringing in donations for Children in...
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Five Join Regional Lacrosse Academy
In October, a number of Girls’ Division pupils from Year 9 trialled for the Regional Academy Lacrosse Programme. This is a...
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Thunderous Success for Netballers
Three pupils in the Girls’ Division have been selected to join the Under 13 Manchester Thunder Netball Academy of Excellence....
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Theme of Hope at a Time of Remembrance
Pupils and staff at Bolton School Girls’ Division marked Remembrance Day with a socially distanced assembly. The event was...
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We All Stand Together at Remembrance Assembly
Boys watched from classrooms, some watched from home, and Old Boys tuned in from around the world as this year’s Remembrance Day...
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Act of Remembrance Brings School Together
Remembrance Day at Bolton School brought the whole school community together. Though the events themselves were virtual and...
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School Links with Greater Manchester's Bursary Foundation
Earlier this year, Bolton School began working in partnership with The Bursary Foundation, a charity which works to...
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Institute of Physics Medal for Dr Smethurst
Former Bolton School Girls’ Division pupil Dr Becky Smethurst has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ 2020 Mary Somerville...
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Old Girl Beats Indoor Triathlon World Record
On the 1st of November, Emily Varley, who left Bolton School in 2012, raced against the clock to beat the Official Guinness World...
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Harvest Collection to Benefit Local Families
The Girls’ Division of Bolton School has donated 60 crates of food to the town’s Urban Outreach campaign. Dave Bagley, its Chief...
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Tribute to Much-Loved Maths Teacher
Miss Margaret Dickinson, who taught Maths in the Girls’ Division for 34 years before her retirement in 2006, sadly died earlier...
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Tillotson Lecture To Virtually Discuss Covid
Bolton School Boys’ Division’s Tillotson Lecture will, for the first ever time, be staged virtually, on Monday 23 November...
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24 Miles in 24 Hours for Cancer Research UK
Sixth Form students Daniel Bentham and Piers Skeels-Caldwell raised £5,000 for charity with an endurance challenge that saw them...
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Old Boy Becomes Bolton News Editor
Old Boy Steve Thompson (Class of 1998) has been appointed regional editor for Newsquest Lancashire/Greater Manchester, which...
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Student's Portrait Wins Art Competition
A portrait by Sixth Form student Emilie Fielding has been named a winner in The Horsfall’s 2020 Art Competition. The competition,...
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School's Urban Outreach Donation
Dave Bagley of Urban Outreach is a regular visitor to Bolton School as he collects food items, particularly at Harvest and...
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National Children’s Orchestra Appointment
Mr Ian Forgrieve, who is Head of Instrumental Studies at Bolton School Boys’ Division, has been appointed to the Music Advisory...
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Boys Earn Black Belts for Reading Books
Three Junior Boys at Bolton School earned ‘Black Belts’ in reading during the spring and summer lockdown. Milan Kumar in Year 4...
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Re-visioning Poetry: A Workshop and Competition for Bolton Schools
On National Poetry Day, poet Andrew McMillan, in conjunction with Bolton School Boys’ Division, has launched a poetry workshop...
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Adventures at the Anderton Centre
Year 2 visited the Anderton Centre and had a wonderful time. Although the weather was against them, the children battled through...
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