Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Rochdale
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 25 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry590 applications · 201 places offered · 275 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.9; Rochdale median median 2.7
- 2025 3.1; Rochdale median median 2.3
- 2024 2.6; Rochdale median median 2.4
- 2023 2.3; Rochdale median median 2.4
- 2022 2.4; Rochdale median median 2.2
- 2021 2.5; Rochdale median median 2.2
- 2020 2.3; Rochdale median median 2.4
- 2019 1.9; Rochdale median median 1.9
- 2018 1.8; Rochdale median median 1.8
- 2017 1.6; Rochdale median median 1.7
- 2016 2.0; Rochdale median median 2.0
- 2015 2.2; Rochdale median median 1.8
- 2014 1.8; Rochdale median median 1.8
- This school
- Rochdale median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 201 | 590 | 2.9 | 275 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2025 | 193 | 598 | 3.1 | 258 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2024 | 203 | 520 | 2.6 | 246 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2023 | 207 | 476 | 2.3 | 211 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 209 | 501 | 2.4 | 223 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 210 | 525 | 2.5 | 257 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2020 | 218 | 497 | 2.3 | 219 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 207 | 391 | 1.9 | 219 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 208 | 382 | 1.8 | 233 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 225 | 360 | 1.6 | 216 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 205 | 413 | 2.0 | 200 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 180 | 402 | 2.2 | 213 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2014 | 180 | 332 | 1.8 | 178 | 0.99 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 210 | 46.0 | 43% | 66% | – |
| 2024/25 | 217 | 40.9 | 32% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 204 | 43.2 | 39% | 61% | −0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 209 | 46.9 | 44% | 67% | +0.01 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.9applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · RochdaleGood20242.9applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · RochdaleRemains Good · concerns noted20241.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Rochdale20262.6applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · OldhamGood20241.9applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · RochdaleRequires improvement20231.8applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- Requires improvement20232.0applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Rochdale20263.0applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 105844 · 354/4611
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,186 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Rochdale Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2GL
- Local authority
- Rochdale
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources