SCHOOL PROFILE
Bolton St Catherine's Academy: data, trends and context
Bolton St Catherine's Academy is a all-through school in Bolton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.
School identity
URN
145314
Phase
All-through
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Bolton
Region
North West
Trust
THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST
Postcode
BL2 4HU
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
School website
Pupil and community context
Pupils on roll
1,003
FSM eligible
52.1%
EAL / First language other than English
22.7%
SEND (total)
27.2%
SEN Support
21.5%
EHCP
5.7%
White British
60.3%
Attendance and absence (2024/25)
Attendance rate
91.0%
Overall absence
9.0%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Severe absence
4.1%
Current benchmarks
No current DfE attendance benchmark is published for this school’s phase and local authority, so no comparison is shown.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
Suspension rate
61.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
14.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.98%
Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)
Attainment 8
34.3
English & maths grade 5+
18.8%
English & maths grade 4+
45.7%
Historical trends
Historical trends
School trends over time
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Data sources and last updated
- Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
- Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
- Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
- For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
- Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.
Contextual comparison
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Bolton St Catherine's Academy is a all-through school in Bolton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.