Secondary school

Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy

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  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Bolton
  • BL4 0HT
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Oct 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,442 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 75%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 70%70%2016/17: top 65%2017/18: top 70%2018/19: top 73%2021/22: top 80%2022/23: top 88%2023/24: top 63%63% · 2023/242024/25: top 75%No exams

Against North West

Attainment 841 · North West 44.44/10 Below+5.8 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths31.5% · North West 40%3/10 Below
EBacc point score3.48 · North West 3.823/10 Below+5.3 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.12 · North West −0.166/10 Middle+11 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 47.3 · 171 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 43.4 · 176 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 42.2 · 176 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 42.1 · 170 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 42.4 · 181 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 37.5 · 180 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 43.1 · 179 pupils · North West 442024/25: 41 · 184 pupils · North West 44.447.337.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 32% · 176 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 29% · 176 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 32% · 170 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 35% · 181 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 24% · 180 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 38.5% · 179 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 31.5% · 184 pupils · North West 40%38.5%24%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in97.2%
139 of 143 who put it first2014 · 87.8%2026 · 97.2%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st143139
2nd13829
3rd1076

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  5. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

2 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026895
Free school meals (past 6 years)36.3%
First language not English40.6%
SEN support14.8%
EHC plan4.1%
Absence (sessions missed)10.2%
Persistently absent pupils30.9%

Girls 49.7%Boys 50.3%

99.4% full · 900 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.5
Pupils per adult10.8
  • Classroom teachers 50.8
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 10.6
  • Other support 30.6

Teachers 57.8 FTE · Whole workforce 99 · 109 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 9 months.

  • +£243,000revenue reserve
  • +£118,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST (22 academies) · trust reserve £1,895,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

179 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86.6%
  • Education80.4%
  • Apprenticeship4.5%
  • Employment1.7%
  • Not sustained10.6%
  • Unknown2.8%