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Voluntary aided school · Rochdale

Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 768Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman Catholic/Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 131726URN

Pot Hall, Wilton Grove, Heywood, OL10 2AA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.3 above Rochdale median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Rochdale

424 applications for 142 places · 1st of 13 in Rochdale
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.8of 90
1st of 13 in Rochdale
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 31 March 2026Published 22 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 31 March 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 26 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
3.0applications per place, Year 7
0.3 above Rochdale median (2.7) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

424 applications · 142 places offered · 181 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.0; Rochdale median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.9; Rochdale median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.6; Rochdale median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.7; Rochdale median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.7; Rochdale median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.7; Rochdale median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.7; Rochdale median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.1; Rochdale median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.9; Rochdale median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.8; Rochdale median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.0; Rochdale median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.8; Rochdale median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.7; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261424243.01811.27
Sep 20251434112.91821.27
Sep 20241483872.61771.20
Sep 20231493972.72011.35
Sep 20221493992.72181.46
Sep 20211504072.72241.49
Sep 20201493982.71891.27
Sep 20191503182.12101.40
Sep 20181492851.91901.28
Sep 20171502651.81611.07
Sep 20161312622.01741.33
Sep 20151352381.81501.11
Sep 20141171991.71150.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

148 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.81st of 13 in Rochdale
Grade 5 or above in English and maths63%1st of 13 in Rochdale
Grade 4 or above in English and maths80%
  • This school
  • Rochdale median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.32
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14851.863%80%–
2024/2514943.444%70%–
2023/2414946.852%72%−0.32
2022/2314845.748%70%−0.13

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
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
131726 · 354/4801
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic/Church of England
Capacity
750 pupils · 768 on roll
Free school meals
20.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2007
Replaced
St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School, Heywood (URN 105843)
Address
Pot Hall, Wilton Grove, Heywood, OL10 2AA
Local authority
Rochdale

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