Bolton St Catherine's Academy

The wait is nearly over! We’re looking forward to welcoming our students and families to GCSE Results Day tomorrow – Thursday 20th August.

🕙 10:00am – 11:30am
📍 School Chapel – access via Newby Road

All students are welcome to come along with their families to collect their results and celebrate everything they have achieved.

Whatever that envelope holds, remember that your results are just one part of your journey. We’ll be there tomorrow to celebrate with you, support you and help with your next steps. ❤️💚💙🧡

Good luck to all of our students — we can’t wait to see you! 🌟

Believe | Strive | Care | Achieve

🎉 We are incredibly proud of former BSCA student, Mmachukwu!

Huge congratulations to Mmachukwu on achieving outstanding results and securing an exciting Legal Degree Apprenticeship with Brabners LLP. 👏⚖️

It is always fantastic to see former students continuing to Believe, Strive, Care and Achieve beyond BSCA, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for her.

Congratulations, Mmachukwu — a brilliant achievement and a very exciting next step! 🌟

Huge congratulations to former Bolton St Catherine's Academy student, Mmachukwu who achieved outstanding results and is looking forward to beginning a Legal Degree Apprenticeship at Brabners LLP

Mmachukwu said: “It’s been an amazing two years; the careers team really helped me achieve my apprenticeship.”

📚 GCSE RESULTS DAY 2026 🎉

We’re looking forward to welcoming our Year 11 students back to Bolton St Catherine’s Academy to collect their GCSE results!

📅 Thursday 20th August 2026
⏰ 10:00am – 11:30am
📍 School Chapel – access via Newby Road

Students are very welcome to attend with their families as they collect their results and celebrate everything they have achieved during their time at BSCA.

Staff will be there on the day to celebrate with you, offer support and help with your next steps.

We can’t wait to see you all and share this important moment with you.

Believe | Strive | Care | Achieve

Planning to watch the solar eclipse on Wednesday 12 August? 🌘

There are a few different ways to see it safely – but NEVER look directly at the Sun without proper eclipse glasses.

🥣 Colander
Stand with your back to the Sun and hold the colander so its holes project onto the ground or a piece of white paper. Each hole will create a tiny image of the eclipse. Look at the projection, NOT AT THE SUN through the colander.

📝 Paper projection
Make a small pinhole in one piece of card and hold it above a second white sheet. The light will pass through the hole and project an image of the eclipse onto the paper below. Again, keep your back to the Sun and don’t look AT THE SUN through the pinhole.

📦 Cereal box viewer
Sunlight enters through the pinhole in the foil and projects an image onto the white surface inside the box. Look through the separate viewing hole to see it.

🕶️ Eclipse-safe glasses
These allow you to look at the Sun safely, but they must meet the ISO 12312-2 standard and be free from scratches, tears or holes. Ordinary sunglasses won’t protect your eyes.

The eclipse links nicely to our science schemes in Primary and Secondary. Pupils learn about the Sun in Year 3 light, before exploring the movement of Earth and the other planets in Year 5 space and KS3 and KS4 Physics.

Children should always be supervised when viewing an eclipse.

As we break up for the holidays, don’t forget we’ll be welcoming our Year 11 students back on Thursday 20th August for Results Day.

Enjoy a well-earned summer and we’ll see you in August!

📍 School Chapel
🕙 10:00am–11:30am