St Joseph's RC High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Good Mar 18 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Unique reference
- 105262
- Address
- Sefton Lane, Horwich, BL6 6HW
- Website
- www.stjosephsbolton.org.uk
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1045 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.1%
- Girls
- 48.9%
- First language not English
- 16%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 19.4%
- Persistent absence
- 24.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 6.8%
White British 79.4%
Mixed 5.9%
Other White 3.8%
African 1.9%
Unclassified 1.7%
Indian 1.5%
Other Black 1.4%
Pakistani 1.3%
Other Asian 1.1%
Other 0.9%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.14
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.05
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 38%
Local authority average 31%
England average 40%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 53%
Local authority average 46%
England average 46%
Attainment 8 score
School 45.9
Local authority average 45.8
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.99
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.07
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 23 |
| Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 19 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 54 |
| Biology | GCSE | 47 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 47 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 47 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 1 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 39 |
| English Language | GCSE | 211 |
Admissions
St Joseph's RC High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 205
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 205
- 2nd preference
- 179
- 3rd preference
- 91
- From another Local Authority
- 50
Offers
- 1st preference
- 192
- 2nd preference
- 13
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 14
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.9 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 210 102 108 |
| Year 8 | 210 115 95 |
| Year 9 | 207 107 100 |
| Year 10 | 206 109 97 |
| Year 11 | 212 101 111 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 82.0% 83.3% 86.0% |
Further education | 61.0% 43.7% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 14.9% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 20.0% 23.9% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
| Entering employment | 5.0% 5.3% 4.0% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 6.0% 3.6% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 6.0% 6.8% 5.8% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% |