The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
About the school
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco is an open secondary school in Sefton.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 3 February 2026
- Published
- 27 April 2026
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
Category of concern: SM
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
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
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 32.2
- Sefton
- 42.9
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Sefton
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 18.70%
- Sefton
- 39.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 33.30%
- Sefton
- 60.00%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 16.00%
- Sefton
- 37.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.55
- Sefton
- 3.7
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
532
Girls
51.13%
Boys
48.87%
SEN support
21.62%
Education, health and care plan
1.32%
English as an additional language
16.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
54.32%
Overall absence
12.41
Persistent absence
35.54