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Essa Academy

Essa Academy
Lever Edge Lane
Bolton
Greater Manchester
England
BL33HH

📞 phone: 01204 333222

👨‍🏫 principal: Mr Martin Knowles

🌍 web: www.essaacademy.org

1054 pupils mixed gender
990 pupils capacity: 106% full

588 boys 56%

466 girls 44%

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Secondary — Academy sponsor led

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
135770
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
6905
Open date
5. January 2009
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 370519, Northing: 406744
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 53.556, Longitude: -2.4465
Accepting pupils
11—16 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
21. October 2021
Region › Const. › Ward
North West › Bolton South East › Harper Green
Free school meals %
33.30
Trust
ESSA FOUNDATION ACADEMIES TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10025571

School governors

  • Mr Paul Gerrard Davidson, Local Governor
    (3. November 2020—2. November 2024)
  • Mr Jordan Turner, Local Governor
    (1. March 2021—28. February 2025)
  • Mr Martin Knowles, Local Governor
    (6. September 2017—4. September 2025)
  • Mr Farook Ismail Atcha, Local Governor
    (30. September 2021—29. September 2025)
  • Mr Nicholas Lawrence Ford, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (3. November 2020—2. November 2024)
  • Mr Ivan Wadeson, Local Governor
    (22. March 2019—21. March 2023)
  • Mr Sakilbabu Vali Kola, Local Governor
    (4. May 2021—3. May 2025)
  • Mr Ihsan Ullah Niazi, Local Governor
    (4. May 2021—21. February 2023)
  • Ms Joanna Atherton, Local Governor
    (1. September 2021—31. December 2022)
  • Mr Mohammad Kola, Local Governor
    (4. May 2021—3. May 2025)
  • Ms Anne Casey, Local Governor
    (1. September 2022—31. August 2026)
  • Mr Matthew Barnes, Local Governor
    (21. March 2023—20. March 2027)
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  9. 0.3 miles St Bede's CofE Junior School, BL33LJ
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  12. 0.4 miles Lever Edge Primary Academy, BL33HP (506 pupils)
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