Mount St Joseph
Greenland Road, Bolton, BL4 0HT
This school is closed (it closed in November 2024).
It was replaced by Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alexandra Devany
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 906
- URN
- 105263
- Local authority
- Bolton
About this school
Mount St Joseph was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Bolton. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 906 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Mount St Joseph has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 180 | 179 | 184 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.5 | 43.1 | 41.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.41 -0.62 to -0.21 | -0.12 -0.33 to +0.09 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 38.5% | 31.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% | 54.7% | 54.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 34.6% | 26.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mount St Joseph has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bolton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37.5 | 39.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.1 | 41.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 898 |
| 2023/24 | 906 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mount St Joseph compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 41% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41 | 10.4% | 32.9% | 906 | — |
| Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy | — | 10.2% | 36.3% | 895 | 0.0 miles |
| Harper Green School | 42.8 | 8.6% | 47.1% | 1,070 | 0.5 miles |
| St James's Church of England High School | 53.5 | 6.5% | 21.8% | 1,053 | 0.7 miles |
| King's Leadership Academy Bolton | 45.4 | 7.5% | 33.9% | 910 | 0.7 miles |
| Essa Academy | 53 | 7.6% | 46.8% | 1,055 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.9%
- English as an additional language
- 39%
- Overall absence
- 10.4%
- Persistent absence
- 32.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Bolton
-
Harper Green School0.5 miles
Secondary · Bolton
-
St James's Church of England High School0.7 miles
Secondary · Bolton
-
King's Leadership Academy Bolton0.7 miles
Secondary · Bolton
-
Essa Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Bolton
Other schools in Bolton
- Bolton Muslim Girls School Secondary
- Canon Slade School Secondary
- Eden Boys' School, Bolton Secondary
- Essa Academy Secondary
- Harper Green School Secondary
- Kearsley Academy Secondary
- King's Leadership Academy Bolton Secondary
- Ladybridge High School Secondary
- Little Lever School Secondary
- Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Rivington and Blackrod High School Secondary
- Sharples School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mount St Joseph teach?
- Mount St Joseph taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Bolton.
- Has Mount St Joseph been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Mount St Joseph under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Mount St Joseph?
- Mount St Joseph had 906 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Mount St Joseph's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.5 in 2022/23 and 41 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Mount St Joseph's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mount St Joseph's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2024.