University Collegiate School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

683

Places

840

How full

81% full — 683 of 840 places taken

Girls / boys

278 / 405

Overall absence

9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

26%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

50%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

58%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

11%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

86%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

86%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

16%

No sustained destination

10%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

51

After sixth form

Went to university

38%

England 50%

In education, work or training

74%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

3%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

34

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

60%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

15

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Bolton 021B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

21%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

37%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

53%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

15%

England 17%

Households with no car

34%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

54%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

University technical college

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–19

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

QUEST (A CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS TRUST)

Headteacher

Headteacher: Ian Barry

Local authority

Bolton

Ward

Rumworth

Constituency

Bolton South and Walkden

URN

141941

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.