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Mount St Joseph

URN
105263
Phase
Secondary
Status
Closed

School overview

School name
Mount St Joseph
URN
105263
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Closed

School Compass Score

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School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Recommendations are not currently available.

Admissions strategy

Application strategy guidance is not currently available for this school.

Crime & Safety

Safety information unavailable.

Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.
  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.

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Ofsted inspections

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Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2024/25.

Academic year

Academic year

2024/25

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

176

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

485

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

176

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.76×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bolton
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Bolton)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bolton to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

41.0

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

31.5%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

54.9%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

26.1%

EBacc achievement

Location

BL4 0HT - Greenland Road, Bolton

Contact details

Address
Greenland Road, Bolton
Postcode
BL4 0HT
Phone
-
Website
-
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bolton
Local authority code
350

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 252 schools in Bolton.

Authority statistics

Total schools

252

Open schools

147

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

151

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

Offer rate

36.3%

Offers as a share of applications

First preference offers: 124

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

EBacc achievement

16.3%

Key stage 4 destinations

Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

Education destination

Education %

80.0%

Employment destination

Employment %

2.0%

Apprenticeship destination

Apprenticeships %

2.0%

Not in education, employment or training

NEET %

11.0%

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

Secondary schools

34

Special schools

0

Phase distribution

  • Primary151 (61.4%)
  • Secondary34 (13.8%)
  • Special0 (0.0%)
  • Other61 (24.8%)

Nearby schools

School nameDistancePhaseStatus
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy0 mSecondaryOpen
Lord's School477 mNot applicableOpen
St Simon and Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton745 mPrimaryClosed
Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton745 mPrimaryOpen
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School827 mPrimaryOpen
Harper Green School839 mSecondaryClosed
Harper Green School839 mSecondaryOpen
Highfield Primary School851 mPrimaryOpen
St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School923 mPrimaryOpen
Plodder Lane Primary School990 mPrimaryClosed
  • Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy
    Distance
    0 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Lord's School
    Distance
    477 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • St Simon and Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton
    Distance
    745 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton
    Distance
    745 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open

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Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Bolton)

School namePhasePostcodeStatus
Bolton Muslim Girls SchoolSecondaryBL3 6TQOpen
Bolton Muslim Girls SchoolSecondaryBL3 6TQClosed
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Canon Slade SchoolSecondaryBL2 3BPOpen
Eden Boys' School, BoltonSecondaryBL1 3QEOpen
  • Bolton Muslim Girls School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BL3 6TQ
    Status
    Open
  • Bolton Muslim Girls School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BL3 6TQ
    Status
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  • Canon Slade CofE School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BL2 3BP
    Status
    Closed
  • Canon Slade School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BL2 3BP
    Status
    Open
  • Eden Boys' School, Bolton
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School
Distance
827 m
Phase
Primary
Status
Open
  • Harper Green School
    Distance
    839 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Harper Green School
    Distance
    839 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Highfield Primary School
    Distance
    851 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    923 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Plodder Lane Primary School
    Distance
    990 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BL1 3QE
    Status
    Open