Named after the town of his conception (in the back of a transit van), Bolton is a thorn in the side of the teachers. When he does turn up to class he's generally empty handed and disruptive, often lasting only half the lesson before he's packed off to the cooler. More often than not he doesn't bother coming to lessons, preferring to roam the corridors, spraying his graffiti 'tag' on the walls. His absence from class is absolutely fine by most of the teachers, who get a hell of a lot more done without him.

Bolton isn't a violent kid - violence takes too much energy - but he's a smart alec pain in the neck. He would have been expelled long ago if the LEA hadn't issued strict instructions to get the exclusion rates down.

At home, Bolton rules the roost and his single mother, Candice is at her wit's end and will do anything to keep him in school.