Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy
Secondary schoolMount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Bolton, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 895 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), October 2023, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 October 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy was 41.5, against 45.2 in Bolton and 46.2 in England.
38.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.5 | 45.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38.8% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53.9% | 63.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 178 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Lord's SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file480 m
- Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, BoltonPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)830 m
- Harper Green SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), January 2023. Attainment 8 of 42.6 (2025/26, provisional)840 m
- Highfield Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- St William of York Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)920 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bolton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).