Rivington and Blackrod High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Bolton · BL6 7RU · Bolton
Ages 11–18
- Att848.4
- P80.1
- EM5+49%
- Absence7.4%
1.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 105262
St Joseph's RC High School
Voluntary aided school · Bolton · BL6 6HW
Ages 11–16 · 1,047 pupils · Bolton
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
45.9
Overall absence
8.1%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-03-18
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.14
−20+2
Attainment 845.9
English & maths grade 5+53%
English & maths grade 4+74%
EBacc entry38%
EBacc APS: 4.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.4%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 6.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,081
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
205
Places offered
205
1st-preference offers
192
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 475
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 205
- Applications from outside LA
- 50
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 14
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
1,047 pupils · 1,050 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,047
- Boys / girls
- 553 / 494
- School capacity
- 1,050
- Capacity fill
- 1,047 / 1,050 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- FSM pupils
- 225
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mr A McCabe
Location
- Address
- Sefton Lane, Horwich
- Postcode
- BL6 6HW
- Town
- Bolton
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Bolton
- District
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Bolton, Bolton, 1,047 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 21.5%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Salford.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ladybridge High School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Secondary
Bolton · BL3 4NG · Bolton
Ages 11–16
- Att842.6
- P8-0.1
- EM5+40%
- Absence7.4%
2.6 miles away
Westhoughton High School
Ofsted: Needs attentionCommunity school · Secondary
Bolton · BL5 3BZ · Bolton
Ages 11–16
- Att843.1
- P8-0.6
- EM5+39%
- Absence10.5%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr A McCabe
- Telephone
- 01204697456