Academy · Bolton
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–16
- Roman Catholic
Term dates
We haven't checked Bolton's term dates yet. See the school's website.
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 143 families put this school as their first choice, and 174 places were offered. 139 of the families who put it first got a place (97%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 174 | 143 | 97% |
| September 2025 | 177 | 145 | 94% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 24 October 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Mount St Joseph, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 895 (capacity 900)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Academy trust
- ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01204391800
- Address
- Greenland Road, Bolton, BL4 0HT
- Website
- msj.stoccat.org.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.