Bolton Muslim Girls School
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.7
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Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 895of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 184
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 24 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Mount St Joseph (URN 105263, until 1 December 2024).
What the data says
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy has no sixth form. Of the 180 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 23% moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.7 in Bolton, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | 180 | 3,886 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 23% | 25% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 45% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Bolton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.0 | 45.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.6 | 36.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.1 | 49.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 42% | 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 | 185 | 100% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 58% |
| Mathematics | 185 | 100% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 59% |
| English Literature | 185 | 100% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 58% |
| Religious Studies | 169 | 92% | 31% | 17% | 32% | 54% |
| Combined Science | 156 | 85% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 46% |
| Geography | 97 | 53% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 44% |
| History | 77 | 42% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 40% |
| Art and Design | 44 | 24% | 7% | 14% | 24% | 91% |
| Design and Technology | 40 | 22% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 65% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 36 | 20% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 53% |
| Spanish | 27 | 15% | 19% | 26% | 27% | 81% |
| Biology | 25 | 14% | 23% | 36% | 45% | 92% |
| Physics | 24 | 13% | 23% | 46% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 24 | 13% | 23% | 42% | 47% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 11% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 67% |
| Photography | 20 | 11% | 6% | 10% | 19% | 100% |
| French | 19 | 10% | 18% | 32% | 29% | 89% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 140 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 47 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 32 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 18 | — | — |
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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.