University Collegiate School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Dec 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
141941
Address
Deane Road, BL3 5AG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
542 (57% of total capacity)
Boys
56.3%
Girls
43.7%
First language not English
51.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.7%
Persistent absence
19.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 29.7%
White British 20.7%
African 15.5%
Other 6.6%
Other White 6.1%
Mixed 5.9%
Indian 5.2%
Unclassified 4.6%
Other Asian 3.3%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Other Black 0.9%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.87
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 4%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.93
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award18
Health StudiesTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE1
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE51
English LiteratureGCSE51
FrenchGCSE4
GeographyGCSE27
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

University Collegiate School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
119
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
79
2nd preference
75
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
79
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
128
84
44
Year 8
115
70
45
Year 9
117
62
55
Year 10
88
46
42
Year 11
30
20
10
Year 12
28
9
19
Year 13
36
14
22
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
44.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
51.0%
16.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
12.0%
22.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
66.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
13.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
10.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
6.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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