Rivington and Blackrod High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- 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 ranking11th of 20 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
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
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 41.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 207
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
- 543 (52%)
- Girls
- 508 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (100% full)
- SEND
- 12.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.3%
- EAL
- 18.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 9.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,251/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Sefton Lane
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105262
- UKPRN
- 10017734
- Establishment No.
- 4609
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