Bolton St Catherine's Academy
Academy converter · 1,003 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.3
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Bolton Muslim Girls School
- Pupils on roll
- 774of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 42.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 150
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 11 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bolton Muslim Girls School (URN 135096, until 1 October 2015).
What the data says
Bolton Muslim Girls School has no sixth form. Of the 120 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 73% moved to a sixth form college, 12% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 73% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.7 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Bolton, with 60% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 97% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bolton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bolton Muslim Girls School | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 120 | 3,886 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 73% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 12% | 45% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bolton Muslim Girls School | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 54.7 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 97% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.13 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 50.1 | 36.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.9 | 49.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 82% | 29% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 149 | 99% | 86% | 32% | 21% | 85% |
| English Language | 149 | 99% | 89% | 27% | 20% | 81% |
| Mathematics | 147 | 98% | 88% | 27% | 22% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 145 | 97% | 31% | 57% | 32% | 93% |
| Combined Science | 126 | 84% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 72% |
| Geography | 99 | 66% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 55% |
| History | 60 | 40% | 41% | 33% | 26% | 77% |
| Spanish | 53 | 35% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 34% |
| Urdu | 51 | 34% | 1% | 63% | 42% | 94% |
| Arabic | 48 | 32% | 1% | 17% | 47% | 69% |
| Computer Science | 24 | 16% | 13% | 25% | 30% | 79% |
| Biology | 23 | 15% | 23% | 83% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 15% | 23% | 91% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 23 | 15% | 23% | 83% | 46% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 20 | 13% | 9% | 15% | 28% | 45% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 19 | 13% | 8% | 21% | 21% | 95% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 35 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.