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For the main settlement, see Bolton.
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, 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. The Arms of Bolton Metropolitan Borough are a pun on the word Bolton, as they depict an arrow (a "bolt") passing through a crown (a "tun").[1]
[edit] CreationThe 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:
[edit] ParishesHorwich, 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] DemographicsAccording to the 2005 estimates,[2] of the 262,600 people living in Bolton Metropolitan Borough, the following ethnicities have been recorded:
[edit] Population changeThe 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] TransportThe Bolton metropolitan area is served by the following railway stations:
[edit] EducationSee also: List of schools in Bolton 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.[4] 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%.[5] 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%.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] [edit] GCSE Examination Performance 2007
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