Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy
Secondary school in Bolton. Requires improvement (Oct 2023).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 24 October 2023, report published 4 December 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Mount St Joseph (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around April 2026
The last inspection was in October 2023. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.5 milesHarper Green School
Good (Jan 2023)
- 0.7 milesSt James's Church of England High School
Good (Nov 2022)
- 0.7 milesKing's Leadership Academy Bolton
Good (Oct 2023)
- 1.0 milesEssa Academy
Report card, Jan 2026: 6 strong
- 1.1 milesBolton Muslim Girls School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Mar 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.