Mount St Joseph
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement Oct 25 2023 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
- 105263
- Address
- Greenland Road, BL4 0HT
- Website
- http://www.msj.bolton.sch.uk
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 906 (100% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.8%
- Girls
- 51.2%
- First language not English
- 39%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 31.7%
- Persistent absence
- 36.1%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.1%
White British 44.6%
Pakistani 27.2%
Indian 6.7%
African 5.7%
Mixed 4.7%
Other White 4.4%
Other Asian 3.4%
Other 1.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Irish 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.41
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.08
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 34%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 24%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 37.5
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.13
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | Technical Award | 32 |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 158 |
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 39 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 16 |
| Sports Studies | Technical Award | 28 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 41 |
| Biology | GCSE | 25 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 24 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 20 |
Admissions
Mount St Joseph
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 176
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 146
- 2nd preference
- 190
- 3rd preference
- 148
- From another Local Authority
- 4
Offers
- 1st preference
- 124
- 2nd preference
- 47
- 3rd preference
- 5
- To another Local Authority
- 2
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.1 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 180 94 86 |
| Year 8 | 180 91 89 |
| Year 9 | 179 83 96 |
| Year 10 | 187 91 96 |
| Year 11 | 180 83 97 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 77.0% 83.0% 85.6% |
Further education | 56.0% 43.7% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 14.9% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 19.0% 23.9% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 7.0% 5.3% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 4.0% 3.6% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 10.0% 6.9% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 1.1% 1.2% |