Bolton School encourages prospective pupils to attend an open day and discover what opportunities await them

Deciding which school, college or sixth form is the perfect fit can be difficult for any parent and their child.

With so many factors contributing to the important decision, open days are a great way to get a true feel for every option on your list. In recent years, due to Covid-19, open days had to be conducted virtually which, despite their success, didn't quite compare to the act of visiting an institution to experience it through your own eyes.

Bolton School is one of the North West's leading private schools, compromising a co-educational nursery, co-educational infant school (with a pre-school class), single sex junior schools and single sex senior schools including sixth forms. With almost 2,500 pupils, it is one of the largest independent day schools in the country, achieving consistently strong exam results and wider success within the local community.

On October 8, Bolton School is set to host an in-person open morning, where prospective students and their parents can visit the school to look around, meet the teachers and current pupils. Ahead of the open day, here's a round-up of everything that Bolton School has to offer.

Not all families can afford to send their children to a private school, but that doesn't mean that they should miss out on such a great opportunity. Bolton School's founding ethos is that children of the highest potential should be afforded the best possible education, irrespective of their financial circumstances.Bursaries are therefore available for pupils from age 11 through to 18 to offer assistance to parents or carers. Any family whose joint income is less than £80,000 may be entitled to financial help. Those whose income is less than circa £20,000 may be offered full remission of