Secondary
St Joseph's RC High School
Sefton Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6HW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1047 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 85.8
- Pupils per adult
- 12.2
- Pupils
- 1,045
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
December 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
March 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
50%
3 points above the Bolton average (47% across 18 schools)
44.8
2.6 below the Bolton average (47.4 across 18 schools)
10th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bolton we can score - 26 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.99 |
| Entered the EBacc | 41% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 60% |
| 22/23 | 51% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.09 |
| 22/23 | -0.11 |
| 23/24 | -0.14 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52.0 |
| 22/23 | 47.8 |
| 23/24 | 45.9 |
| 24/25 | 44.8 |
Sefton Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6HW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bolton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- A McCabe
- Address
- Sefton Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6HW
- Telephone
- 01204697456