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Whitworth Community High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 654Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 119753URN

Hall Street, Hallford, Hallfold, ROCHDALE, OL12 8TS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodDec 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

284 applications for 125 places · 54th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.4of 90
29th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodDec 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

Inspection history

  1. 22 March 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 4 December 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

284 applications · 125 places offered · 165 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261252842.31651.32
Sep 20251293222.51901.47
Sep 20241302992.31711.32
Sep 20231292842.21631.26
Sep 20221252822.31611.29
Sep 20211293132.41771.37
Sep 20201282832.21531.20
Sep 20191302892.21651.27
Sep 20181292592.01501.16
Sep 20171302802.21771.36
Sep 20161242742.21731.40
Sep 20151161921.71140.98
Sep 20141222141.81401.15

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

128 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.429th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%25th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths70%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.08
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12847.448%70%–
2024/2512350.363%80%–
2023/2412543.834%62%−0.08
2022/2313049.150%76%+0.22

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

  • 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
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
119753 · 888/4184
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
709 pupils · 654 on roll
Free school meals
24.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Hall Street, Hallford, Hallfold, ROCHDALE, OL12 8TS
Local authority
Lancashire · Rossendale

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources