St Joseph's RC High School is a secondary school located in Bolton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 20/03/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL6 6HW
Website: www.stjosephsbolton.org.uk
Telephone: 01204697456
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Bolton
Headteacher / Principal: Mr A McCabe
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 105262

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 20/03/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1050
Number of Pupils: 957
Number of Boys: 478
Number of Girls: 479

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.73 Confidence interval -0.92 to -0.53
Of the 162 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 159 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:15%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:36%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.59
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Claypool Primary School
Salisbury Road, Horwich BL6 6LN 		441 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedChorley New Road Primary Academy
Chorley New Road, Horwich BL6 6EW 		690 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4St Mary's RC Primary School
Victoria Road, Horwich BL6 6EP 		711 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Horwich Parish CofE Primary School
Church Street, Horwich BL6 6AA 		1,728 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Catherine's CofE Primary School
Greenstone Avenue, Horwich BL6 5SJ 		2,175 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4St Joseph's RC High School
Chorley New Road, Horwich BL6 6HW 		0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Rivington and Blackrod High School
Rivington Lane, Horwich BL6 7RU 		3,260 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Lever Park School
Stocks Park Drive, Horwich BL6 6DE 		1,330 yd Academy special sponsor led No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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