Bolton Muslim Girls School
Academy converter · 774 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.7
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Bolton St Catherine's Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,003of 1,130 places
- Free school meals
- 52.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 138
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 11 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bolton St Catherine's Academy (URN 135981, until 31 January 2018).
What the data says
Of the 148 pupils who finished Year 11 at Bolton St Catherine's Academy in 2023, 19% moved to a sixth form college, 53% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
16% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 34.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Bolton, with 19% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 7% 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 | This school | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 148 | 3,886 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 78% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 19% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 45% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 16% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.3 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 8% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.89 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 52% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.9 | 36.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 37.9 | 49.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 19% | 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 Language | 138 | 100% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 51% |
| Mathematics | 138 | 100% | 88% | 1% | 22% | 56% |
| English Literature | 135 | 98% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 50% |
| Combined Science | 120 | 87% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 30% |
| Geography | 74 | 54% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 47% |
| History | 72 | 52% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 53% |
| Business Studies | 40 | 29% | 18% | 3% | 20% | 35% |
| Art and Design | 38 | 28% | 7% | 13% | 24% | 71% |
| Drama | 18 | 13% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 56% |
| Biology | 16 | 12% | 23% | 6% | 45% | 69% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 11% | 23% | 7% | 47% | 87% |
| Physics | 15 | 11% | 23% | 7% | 46% | 87% |
| Design and Technology | 14 | 10% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 14% |
| Fine Art | 11 | 8% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 45% |
| Music | 10 | 7% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 80% |
| French | 8 | 6% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 100% |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 35 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 26 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 17 | — | — |
| Tourism | 14 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 14 | — | — |
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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.