Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

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Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
Bolton Town Hall
Motto: "Supera Moras" (Latin: "Overcome delays")
Bolton shown within England
Coordinates: 53°34′53″N 2°25′47″W / 53.58139°N 2.42972°W / 53.58139; -2.42972
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Greater Manchester
Admin HQ	Bolton Town Hall
Founded	1 April 1974
Borough status
Government
- Type	Metropolitan borough
- Governing body	Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Mayor:	Cllr. Norman Critchley (C)
- Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
- Leader:	Cllr. Cliff Morris (L)
- MPs:	David Crausby (L) Brian Iddon (L) Ruth Kelly (L)
Area
- Total	54 sq mi (139.80 km2)
Population (2007 est.)
- Total	262,300 (Ranked 39th)
- Density	4,861.4/sq mi (1,877/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
Postcode areas	BL1-BL7, M26
Area code(s)	01204, 01942, 0161
Twin Cities
- Le Mans	France
- Paderborn	Germany
ISO 3166-2	GB-BOL
ONS code	00BL
OS grid reference	SD715095
NUTS 3	UKD32
Website	www.bolton.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town Bolton, but covers a far larger area including six smaller towns and a number of villages around the West Pennine Moors.

[edit] Creation

The metropolitan borough was formed on April 1, 1974, by the merger of the County Borough of Bolton and the following districts from the administrative county of Lancashire:

• the Municipal Borough of Farnworth
• the Urban district of Horwich
• the Urban district of Westhoughton
• the Urban district of Blackrod
• the Urban district of Kearsley
• the Urban district of Little Lever

• the southern part of the Urban district of Turton, specifically the villages of Bradshaw, Bromley Cross, Dunscar, Egerton and Harwood. This area is now known as South Turton.

[edit] Parishes

Horwich, Westhoughton and Blackrod are now constituted as civil parishes. The parishes of Horwich and Westhoughton have the status of town councils. The rest of the metropolitan borough, Bolton, Farnworth, Kearsley, Little Lever, and South Turton, have remained unparished areas since 1974.

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2005 estimates,^[1] of the 262,600 people living in Bolton Metropolitan Borough, the following ethnicities have been recorded:

• 88.0% White
  • 85.9% White British
  • 1.2% Other White
  • 0.8% White Irish

• 9.3% South Asian
  • 5.9% Indian
  • 2.7% Pakistani
  • 0.5% Other South Asian
  • 0.2% Bangladeshi

• 1.2% Mixed Race
  • 0.5% White and Asian
  • 0.4% White and Black Caribbean
  • 0.2% White and Black African
  • 0.2% Other Mixed

• 1.0% Black
  • 0.6% Black African
  • 0.4% Black Caribbean
  • 0.1% Other Black

• 0.6% Other
  • 0.3% Chinese
  • 0.3% Other

[edit] Population change

The table below details the population change since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data. Although the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton has only existed since 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages, and civil parishes that would later be constituent parts of the borough.

[edit] Education

In 2007, Bolton was ranked 69th out of the 149 Local Education Authorities — and sixth out of ten in Greater Manchester — for its National Curriculum assessment performance.^[3] Measured on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*–C grades at GCSE including maths and English, the Bolton LEA was 111th out of 149: 40.1% of pupils achieved this objective, against a national average of 46.7%.^[4] Unauthorised absence from Bolton's secondary schools in the 2006/2007 academic year was 1.4%, in line with the national average, and authorised absence was 6.0% against the national average of 6.4%.^[5] At GCSE level, Bolton School (Girls' Division) was the most successful of Bolton's 21 secondary schools, with 99% of pupils achieving at least 5 A*–C grades at including maths and English.^[6]

The University of Bolton is one of Greater Manchester's four universities. In 2008, the Times Good University Guide ranked it 111th of 113 institutions in Britain.^[7] There are 4,440 students (83% undergraduate, 17% postgraduate); 2.6% come from outside Britain. In 2007 there were 8.8 applications for every place, and student satisfaction was recorded as 74.4%. It is one of Britain's newest universities, having been given this status in 2005.^[8]

[edit] GCSE Examination Performance 2007

• The table on the left shows the percentage of students gaining five A* to C grades, including English and Maths, for secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.
• The table on the right shows the Average Total Point Score per Student for secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.
• Schools highlighted in yellow are above the LEA average; those highlighted in orange are below the average.
• Another secondary school, Bolton Muslim Girls' School, has opened since January 2007; no results are available.
• It's worth mentioning that many students at Bolton School (Boys) take GCSE exams earlier than 16 and these are excluded from the statistics
• Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families — http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/

[edit] Neighbouring districts

[edit] See also

Greater Manchester portal

• Bolton local elections
• List of Mayors of Bolton

[edit] References

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Coordinates: 53°34′39″N 2°25′48″W / 53.5775°N 2.43°W / 53.5775; -2.43