Bolton St Catherine's Academy

State-Funded School

bolton-st-catherines-academy-bolton-north-west

North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton North EastConstituency

BL2 4HUPostcode

1.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Bolton St Catherine's Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 3–16, located in Bolton, North West.

It currently serves 1,003 pupils. Bolton St Catherine's Academy is part of THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 34.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 18.8%
EBacc average point score: 2.89

Ethnicity

White

66%

Asian

Black

14%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,003

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

England average

27%

First language not English

23%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 3 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,003
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
28 Apr 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
14 Nov 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
10 Jun 2016	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.