St Joseph's RC High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bolton, BL6 6HW
- Distance
- 3.0km away
Rivington and Blackrod High School
Rivington Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7RU
Local ranking9th of 19 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1888
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 29.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 276
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 41.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 34.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
60
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 187
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1584
- Boys
- 794 (49%)
- Girls
- 832 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1888 (86% full)
- SEND
- 14.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.7%
- EAL
- 8.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,618/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 78.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.2%
- Black African: 3.0%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
78.6%
White British
8.2%
Asian Pakistani
3.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 143773
- UKPRN
- 10061803
- Establishment No.
- 4501
- Trust
- LEVERHULME ACADEMY CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND COMMUNITY TRUST
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