The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

SeftonLocal Authority

BootleConstituency

L30 2NAPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Sefton, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 575 pupils. The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco is part of POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Feb 2026 · published 27 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 32.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 18.7%
EBacc average point score: 2.55

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

11%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

575

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

53%

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 575
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
23 Nov 2022	Inadequate	Inadequate	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate

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.