Rivington and Blackrod High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bolton, BL6 7RU
- Distance
- 3.0km away
St Joseph's RC High School
Sefton Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6HW
Local ranking12th of 20 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 18 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 205
Source: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2025-26. These are provisional figures; the DfE publishes revised figures later in the school year. Percentages count every pupil at the end of key stage 4, including any who did not enter English and maths.
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1051
- Boys
- 553 (53%)
- Girls
- 494 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (100% full)
- SEND
- 12.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.3%
- EAL
- 18.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 9.0%
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,251/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 78.1%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.7%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Asian Other: 1.3%
78.1%
White British
4.3%
White Other
3.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sefton Lane
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105262
- UKPRN
- 10017734
- Establishment No.
- 4609
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