Joshua Mangas
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The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco

  • Secondary
  • Academy sponsor led
  • Ages 11 to 16
  • Roman Catholic

URN 149486 · Sefton · POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

In Sefton

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest report card inspection

3 February 2026
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

First full inspection as an academy

Report cards, used from 10 November 2025, grade each area on a five-point scale and give no overall grade. Safeguarding is met or not met.

Earlier inspection, different framework

Earlier graded inspection

21 September 2022

Overall effectiveness
Inadequate

Ofsted category: Special measures.

Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Special Measures S5 ReInspection

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Sefton and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

12.4%

Sefton
10.1%
England
8.4%

4.0 percentage points higher than England.

5.99.112.32017/182024/25
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Overall absence
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2017/18Not published5.4%5.5%
2018/19Not published5.7%5.5%
2020/21Not published5.9%5.5%
2021/22Not published9.9%9.0%
2022/2312.8%10.1%9.0%
2023/2412.4%10.2%8.9%
2024/2512.4%10.1%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

35.5%

Sefton
28.7%
England
23.4%

12.1 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2017/18Not published13.2%13.9%
2018/19Not published13.8%13.7%
2020/21Not published15.8%14.8%
2021/22Not published32.1%27.7%
2022/2337.1%30.5%26.5%
2023/2441.3%30.9%25.6%
2024/2535.5%28.7%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

7.8%

Sefton
5.2%
England
3.9%

3.9 percentage points higher than England.

1.54.57.42017/182024/25
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Severe absence
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2017/18Not published1.1%1.2%
2018/19Not published1.6%1.3%
2020/21Not published1.7%1.5%
2021/22Not published3.0%2.7%
2022/236.8%4.1%3.4%
2023/246.3%4.6%3.8%
2024/257.8%5.2%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Sefton and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

22.18

Sefton
14.77
England
21.24

0.94 higher than England.

5.114.123.12017/182024/25
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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2017/18Not published4.9910.13
2018/19Not published5.1510.75
2019/20Not published3.757.43
2020/21Not published4.078.48
2021/22Not published7.8313.96
2022/2311.9210.0018.90
2023/2424.5215.7822.61
2024/2522.1814.7721.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.19

Sefton
0.17
England
0.23

0.04 lower than England.

0.10.20.22017/182024/25
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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2017/18Not published0.240.20
2018/19Not published0.160.20
2019/20Not published0.080.13
2020/21Not published0.080.10
2021/22Not published0.180.16
2022/230.200.190.22
2023/240.190.240.25
2024/250.190.170.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against Sefton and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

34.2

Sefton
44.2
England
47.4

13.2 lower than England.

32.340.548.62021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Attainment 8
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2021/22Not published47.049.8
2022/23Not published43.347.2
2023/2431.142.946.9
2024/2532.244.247.1
2025/26 (provisional)34.244.247.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

39%

Sefton
63%
England
66%

27 percentage points lower than England.

2948672021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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English and maths: grade 4 or above
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2021/22Not published66%70%
2022/23Not published61%67%
2023/2426%59%67%
2024/2533%62%66%
2025/26 (provisional)39%63%66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

17%

Sefton
40%
England
48%

31 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2021/22Not published46%51%
2022/23Not published38%46%
2023/2410%38%47%
2024/2519%41%47%
2025/26 (provisional)17%40%48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against Sefton and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

53.8%

Sefton
27.6%
England
25.8%

28.0 percentage points higher than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2021/22Not published21.9%20.9%
2022/2350.9%24.2%22.7%
2023/2451.4%26.0%24.1%
2024/2553.8%27.6%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

21.6%

Sefton
15.9%
England
13.4%

8.2 percentage points higher than England.

12.516.821.02021/222022/232023/242024/25
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SEN support
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2021/22Not published12.0%11.9%
2022/2316.6%13.2%12.4%
2023/2418.3%15.0%12.9%
2024/2521.6%15.9%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

1.3%

Sefton
3.5%
England
3.1%

1.8 percentage points lower than England.

1.42.43.42021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2021/22Not published1.7%2.2%
2022/231.4%2.1%2.4%
2023/241.4%2.5%2.7%
2024/251.3%3.5%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

16.5%

Sefton
7.6%
England
19.2%

2.7 percentage points lower than England.

6.712.518.32021/222022/232023/242024/25
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First language other than English
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2021/22Not published5.8%17.5%
2022/2313.9%6.4%18.1%
2023/2416.4%7.0%18.6%
2024/2516.5%7.6%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Sefton and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

22.6

Sefton
16.8
England
17.3

5.3 higher than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2017/18Not published16.016.5
2018/19Not published16.116.8
2019/20Not published16.517.2
2020/21Not published16.817.1
2021/22Not published17.017.1
2022/23Not published16.917.2
2023/2418.217.017.4
2024/2518.716.717.3
2025/2622.616.817.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

6.2 days

Sefton
5.9 days
England
5.0 days

1.2 days higher than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

3.05.17.12017/182024/25
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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolSeftonEngland
2017/18Not published5.0 days4.0 days
2018/19Not published5.4 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/21Not published4.8 days3.9 days
2021/22Not published7.4 days6.3 days
2022/23Not published6.2 days5.2 days
2023/242.7 days6.4 days5.3 days
2024/256.2 days5.9 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
575
Capacity
600
Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 16
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Trust
POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 January 2023
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Bootle
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 4 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Netherton Way, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 2NA

Website: www.thesalesiansacademyofstjohnbosco.org/

Telephone: 01515213088

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