A Bolton secondary school has undergone a "transformation", inspectors have found. The University Collegiate School has been taken out of special measures to be rated as "good", a major turnaround from a report released less than two years ago which branded it “inadequate." The Deane Road based school, which teaches more than 500 pupils between the ages of 11 and 19, was given the new Ofsted rating after an inspection in September.
The most recent report said: “This school has undergone a transformation since the 2022 inspection. “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are delighted with the improvements that the school has made. “They feel happier, safer and more able to learn at school.
” The school has been rated as good across all areas (Image: Quest) It added: “When University Collegiate School was inspected in December 2022, it was judged to require special measures. “Subsequently, the school was inspected on two occasions. “At the last monitoring inspection, leaders were judged to have made progress to improve the school, but more work was necessary for the category of concern to be removed.
” The school, which took in its first pupils in September 2020, began the process of turning itself around after an “inadequate” rating after an inspection in 2022. Dave Terry was installed as interim head of school in February the following year and told The Bolton News he had begun the process of turning UCS around straight away. This has now paid off with a .