Mount St Joseph School

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Mount St Joseph School
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Address
Mount St Joseph School
Greenland Road

Farnworth

Greater Manchester
,
BL4 0HU

England
Information
Type Voluntary aided school
Motto"A community of Learners, Believers and Friends"
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established25 August 1902 (1902-08-25)
Founders Sisters of the Cross and Passion
School district Bolton
Local authority Bolton Council
Department for Education URN 105263 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherAlexandra Devany
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment904 as of December 2022
Website http://www.msj.bolton.sch.uk

Mount St Joseph School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Farnworth, Greater Manchester, England. [1] Currently rated "Requires Improvement" as of December 2023. [2]

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History

Mount St Joseph School was established in 1902 by the Sisters of the Cross and Passion.

Direct grant grammar school

After World War II it became a girls' direct grant grammar school.

Comprehensive

It was converted to a comprehensive school in 1979. The school was awarded Business and Enterprise College status in the early 2000s and was renamed Mount St Joseph Business & Enterprise College for a time.

The school's centenary was celebrated in 2002 with the design of a stained glass window in the chapel in the central area of the school. This was designed by a former pupil and incorporates the religious background of the school in its Roman Catholic Heritage.

Admissions

Today Mount St Joseph is a voluntary aided school administered by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford. [3] The school offers GCSEs, BTECs and NVQs as programmes of study for pupils.

As of the academic year of 2011-2012 the school has used a house system, consisting of Nelson Mandela House, William Shakespeare House and Edward Jenner House. The most successful house as of May 2016 is Shakespeare House with two consecutive house competition wins over the running period. The competitions are based upon many factors from punctuality of the students to checking of equipment.

The school offers a wide range of curriculum in a wide range of subjects such as: GCSE Mathematics, GCSE English Language, GCSE English Literature, GCSE Core Science, GCSE Additional Science, GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry, GCSE Physics, GCSE Geography, GCSE History, GCSE Religious Studies, GCSE Graphic Design, GCSE Computer Science, GCSE French, GCSE Spanish, GCSE Physical Education, GCSE Art, GCSE Photography, GCSE Catering, BTEC IT, BTEC Business Studies, BTEC Health and Social Care and Level 2 Certificate in Further Mathematics.

The school's Latin motto "Vitae Via Virtus" translates and means "Virtue is the way of Life".

Notable former pupils

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Teachers' trade union leader, Mary Bousted

Direct-grant grammar school

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References

  1. ↑ Official school website, msj.bolton.sch.uk; accessed 29 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Ofsted Report, reports.ofsted.gov.uk; accessed 7 December 2023
  3. ↑ "Mount St Joseph - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Manchester Evening News Monday 24 February 1992, page 32
  5. ↑ Manchester Evening News Monday 27 October 1997, page 9
  6. ↑ "Ayaz Bhuta MBE – Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby".

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