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Bolton St Catherine's Academy

  • 2–16Ages
  • 1,003Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 145314URN

Stitch MI Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
0.9 below Bolton median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bolton

162 applications for 134 places · 20th of 20 in Bolton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.9of 90
20th of 20 in Bolton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 11 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.2applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Bolton median (2.1) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

162 applications · 134 places offered · 109 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.2; Bolton median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.1; Bolton median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.0; Bolton median median 2.3
  4. 2023 1.2; Bolton median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.0; Bolton median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.1; Bolton median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.2; Bolton median median 2.3
  8. 2019 1.0; Bolton median median 2.3
  9. 2018 1.1; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.3; Bolton median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.3; Bolton median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.4; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Bolton median median 2.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bolton median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Bolton median

Dashed bars: as Bolton St Catherine's Academy (URN 135981), the previous school.

Reception entry, September 2026: 0.8 per place (23 applications for 28 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261341621.21090.81
Sep 20251451521.1900.62
Sep 20241571591.01010.64
Sep 20231681931.21150.68
Sep 20221491531.0850.57
Sep 20211391471.1800.58
Sep 20201491741.21100.74
Sep 20191381351.0630.46
Sep 2018 *1401581.11010.72
Sep 2017 *1351731.31020.76
Sep 2016 *1241601.3960.77
Sep 2015 *1462091.41350.92
Sep 2014 *1271881.51180.93

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

135 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.920th of 20 in Bolton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths28%20th of 20 in Bolton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%
  • This school
  • Bolton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.71
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13536.928%46%–
2024/2513834.319%46%–
2023/2414035.026%49%−0.71
2022/2314834.527%45%−0.58

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Urgent improvement
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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
145314 · 350/4003
Trust
The Bishop Fraser Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,130 pupils · 1,003 on roll
Free school meals
52.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 May 2018
Replaced
Bolton St Catherine's Academy (URN 135981)
Address
Stitch MI Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU
Local authority
Bolton

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources