St James's Church of England High School
Lucas Road, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 9RU
Local ranking5th of 22 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 81.6%
- Entering EBacc
- 38.2%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7
- Cohort Size
- 207
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1064
- Boys
- 552 (52%)
- Girls
- 512 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (101% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.8%
- EAL
- 12.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.5%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,584/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.6%
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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 73.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.3%
- Asian Indian: 4.1%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.6%
73.7%
White British
4.3%
Asian Pakistani
4.1%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144046
- UKPRN
- 10064724
- Establishment No.
- 5400
- Trust
- THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST