St James's Church of England High SchoolStar Salford Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

St James's Church of England High School and Star Salford Academy are secondary schools.

St James's Church of England High School versus Star Salford Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BoltonSt James's Church of England High School	WorsleyStar Salford Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	C61/100	Not scored
Local ranking	7th of 19 in Bolton	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Free schools
Phase	Secondary	Secondary
Age range	11-16	11-16
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	1,053	389
Capacity	1,050	750
Location	Bolton, BL4 9RU	Worsley, M28 0BB
GCSE results
Attainment 8	53.5	Not reported	46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths	57.5%	Not reported	45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	81.6%	Not reported	64.8%
Entering EBacc	38.2%	Not reported	40.5%
EBacc average point score	4.69	Not reported	4.09
Cohort	207	Not reported
Pupils
Pupils in the census	1,064	276
Free school meals (ever 6)	21.8%	61.2%
English as an additional language	12.1%	13.0%
SEN support	11.7%	34.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	5.5%	4.3%
Attendance
Overall absence	6.5% Stronger figure	10.4%	6.2%
Persistent absence	16.6% Stronger figure	32.4%	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.