Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy

Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Bolton, Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 901 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.0, below the national average of 46. That is down 2.1 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

32% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 55% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 97% of the families who made Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.93 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. If you are considering Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.