Admissions and Transition

Welcome to Bolton St Catherine's Academy

We are delighted that your child has been offered a place at BSCA. We have a team of staff in place to help and support you through this exciting time as they transition into the next stage of their education.

Our Academy values are ‘Believe, Strive, Care and Achieve’ - we want each student to believe in themselves, to strive to be the very best they can, to care for our community and to achieve their excellence in all areas. These values will drive all that we do together at BSCA and help to shape each student and who they become.

We have put together a 'Transition Video', which gives you information about the transition process and lets you visually see us and our Academy.

Key contacts

01204 332 533 or transition@bsca.tbft.uk


Miss M Harris	Mrs. M Fairclough
Deputy Headteacher	Head of Year 7 and Transition Lead

Welcome to BSCA Events -

Our Welcome Events are for parents/carers and students to meet the Headteacher Mr Mallett and Head of Year 7 Mrs Fairclough. During the event we will discuss:

a typical Academy day
our Academy expectations
our Academy agreements
any support that may be required for your child
our parent apps
key dates and events we are running as part of our transition process.

In addition to this, you will be required to bring:

Your child’s ID – birth certificate, passport or identity card.
If applicable, you will be able to complete a Health Care Plan for your child if they have any medical conditions that may affect them in school.

This is a great opportunity to meet teachers, students and the head of year, we hope you can attend. Please see details below

Complete the form to secure your place. Enter school via the main reception on Stitch Mi-Late BL2 4HU. Students are invited to attend the events if these are in school hours please make arrangements with their current school. Please complete the form to secure your place.

Induction Day

Wednesday 1st July 2026 - arriving from 8.40am via our Main entrance Stitch Mi-Lane BL2 4HU 9.00am -2.45pm

We will be holding your child’s Induction Day on Wednesday 2nd July 2025 9.00am-2.45pm, your child will be released from their current Primary School to spend the day with us at BSCA.

Students love this day, and it gives them an opportunity to experience our amazing building and facilities, and spend some time with some of our staff and students whilst having fun.

During the day they will:

Experience a day as a student at BSCA.
Meet fellow students in their year group.
Meet Mrs Fairclough, Head of Year 7.
Find out which form they will be in, and meet their Form Tutor.
Visit different subjects, and find out the kind of lessons you will be having.

They will need to arrive at our main entrance on Stitch-Mi-Lane (BL2 4HU) to be welcomed by our Pastoral Team between 8.40am – 9.00am. They will finish for the day at 2.45pm and leave via our main reception on Stitch-Mi-Lane.

***We will need to know how your child will be making their way home on the day – walk home, or being collected.***

Keeping Connected

Website - https://www.boltonstcatherinesacademy.org.uk/
This gives you a wealth of information about BSCA from our contact details, news updates, our values and vision, welfare and Christian support, expectations and values, curriculum information, and much much more, please use it to get to know BSCA better.

Timetable for admissions

September/October

The Academy will provide opportunities for parents to visit, as well as our open mornings.

October

Application forms need to be completed online by the end of October. Please read above section on how to apply.

March

Offer letters are sent to parents.

End of March

Deadline for appeals.

How to Apply

To apply for a place in any phase of our school, please read our Admission Policy below and further information about our Primary.

Please see the full version of Bolton St Catherine's Academy's Admission's Policy:

In common with other local secondary schools, Bolton St Catherine’s Academy will work within Bolton local authority’s admission arrangements: https://www.bolton.gov.uk/admissions/secondary-school-places-1 .

There will be a total of 150 places for boys and girls moving from primary to secondary school. All applications for 155 Year 7 places will be considered. Where less than 155 applications have been received, places will be offered to all those who applied.

Applying for other years

In-Year Admissions

Admission to other year groups at Bolton St Catherine's Academy:

There are arrangements for admitting students to other year groups, which are subject to the provisions in the local authority's admission arrangements relating to applications submitted for years other than the normal year of entry: https://www.bolton.gov.uk/admissions

The Academy must consider all such applications and if the year group applied for has a place available, admit the child. If more applications are received than there are places available, the oversubscription criteria shall apply. Parents whose application is turned down are entitled to appeal.

Please see our Admissions Policies for further information at the top of this page.

Appeals

BSCA is part of the local authority appeals process which can found here - https://www.bolton.gov.uk/admissions/school-admission-appeals

Bolton St Catherine's Academy BELIEVE . STRIVE . CARE . ACHIEVE