Bolton St Catherine's Academy
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 2–16 · Bolton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bolton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Every applicant was offered a place
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Bolton St Catherine's Academy is an all-through school in Bolton for ages 2–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Bolton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Bolton St Catherine's Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for both Reception and Year 7 entry in 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 1,003 pupils on roll in January 2026, 52.1% were eligible for free school meals.
- Its latest Ofsted inspection (11 March 2025) was not judged; the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement (27 September 2022).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bolton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Stitch MI Lane, Bolton, BL2 4HU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 2–16
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bolton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,003 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are kind and well-mannered.”
- “The conduct of most pupils shows that they are proud to be ambassadors for the school.”
- “Pupils contribute well to the calm environment that exists here.”
To improve
- “Although the school has high aspirations for pupils’ achievement, some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “The school has not ensured that pupils, including some with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), benefit sufficiently from the school’s academic curriculum.”
- “Previous inconsistent leadership has contributed to the historic underachievement of pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 34% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 19% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 18 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 109 first-preference applications, 134 offers in total, 109 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Bolton.
- Firwood High School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Park School Teaching Service 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Forwards Centre 0.7 mi Not judged
- Breightmet School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Birtenshaw School Bolton 1.6 mi School remains Good
- Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- EdStart Schools Bolton 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ladywood School 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding