Bolton St Catherine's Academy is a mixed

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all-through school. The school is located in the

Breightmet Breightmet is a neighbourhood of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 13,584. Historically a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of ...

area of

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...

in the English county of

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. The school was formed in September 2009 from the merger of Withins School and Top o'th' Brow Primary School, both community schools administered by

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Bolton Council, also called Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is a Metropolitan Borough Council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in t ...

. Bolton St Catherine's Academy became part of The Bishop Fraser Trust in May 2018 alongside Canon Slade School and St James's CofE High School. www.thebishopfrasertrust.org.uk but coordinates with Bolton Council for admissions. The school offers Nursery, primary - double class entry per year, secondary - 160 per year, education for pupils aged 3 to 16. In 2012 Bolton St Catherine's Academy relocated from the two former school sites to a new campus on Stitch-Mi-Lane. The new campus also houses Firwood Special School, a community special school for pupils aged 11 – 16. BSCA work in partnership not only with Canon Slade School and St James's CofE High School, but also the Manchester Diocese, Bolton Council, Urban Outreach, NHS and local Churches - Christ Church, Kings Church and Bridge Church whom work closely with out Christian Youth Support Workers. The students at BSCA fundraise for 3 main charities - Urban Outreach, Comic/Sport Relief and Christian Aid.

References

External links

Bolton St Catherine's Academy official website
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