All-through
Bolton St Catherine's Academy
Stitch MI Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1003 of 1186 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Religious character
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 115.5
- Pupils per adult
- 9.1
- Pupils
- 1,051
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
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
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 inspections1
September 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
19%
34.3
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 34% |
| Working at a higher standard | 6% |
| Attainment 8 | 34.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.89 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 60% |
| 23/24 | 52% |
| 24/25 | 34% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32% |
| 22/23 | 27% |
| 23/24 | 26% |
| 24/25 | 19% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.75 |
| 22/23 | -0.58 |
| 23/24 | -0.71 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.1 |
| 22/23 | 34.5 |
| 23/24 | 35.0 |
| 24/25 | 34.3 |
Stitch MI Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU
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 15 January, 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
- Gareth Watson
- Address
- Stitch MI Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU
- Telephone
- 01204332533