St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School and Sports College is a voluntary aided comprehensive school located in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is under trusteeship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford and is maintained by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council.

On 2 June 2020, the school was formally admitted as a member to the worldwide UNESCO Associated Schools Network.

The school offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils.

Admissions the school had 1005 pupils within the age range of 11-16. The school is in the trusteeship of the Diocese of Salford, established in 1963.

Headteachers 1963–1975: John Yates 1975–1991: G. Eric Hester 1991–1995: Gerard Boyle 1995–2013: Leo Conley 2013–2017: Richard Woods 2017–present: Tony McCabe

School performance and inspections

, the school's most recent inspection by Ofsted was in 2022, with a judgement of Requires Improvement. In 2025 this was upgraded to Good.

Buildings A new £3,000,000 wing of the school was opened during the summer term of 2020. This created the capacity for a further 10 classrooms, 2 ICT rooms, a large library and drama studio.

Welfare

On 4 June 2020, St Joseph's was awarded the Teach Well School Gold Award from the Teach Well Alliance in recognition of the work it undertook to take care of the physical and mental wellbeing of its staff and students during the coronavirus pandemic.

Notable former pupils

Lewis Alessandra, professional footballer who has played for several EFL sides Vernon Kay, British TV presenter Monty Lord, World memory champion (5 Guinness World Records) and bestselling author Phil Clarke, Great Britain Rugby league captain and Sky Sports commentator Peter Anglesea, Sale Sharks rugby union former captain and head coach Sean Long, former rugby league footballer, most notable for playing for St. Helens Jordan Flores, professional footballer who has played in England, Sweden and Ireland Adam Senior, footballer who plays as a defender for Bolton Wanderers Peter Morrison, footballer and then an agent following retirement

References

External links Official website EduBase Joey's Thrive channel Joey's Thrive Skill