Canon Slade School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bolton, BL2 3BP
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Bolton St Catherine's Academy
Stitch MI Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU
Local ranking17th of 20 secondary schools in Bolton
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
All-through
Phase
1186
Capacity
3-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 34.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 44.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 32
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 34.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 18.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 45.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 8.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 138
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1020
- Boys
- 511 (50%)
- Girls
- 509 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1186 (86% full)
- SEND
- 27.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 53.7%
- EAL
- 20.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.4%
- SEN Support
- 22.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,829/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 65.0%
- Black African: 11.3%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.3%
- Other: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
65.0%
White British
11.3%
Black African
6.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Stitch MI Lane
Bolton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 145314
- UKPRN
- 10067377
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST
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